# \*ḳry/ʾ: 'to have effusion (menstruation, pollution)'

> Proto-Semitic *ḳry/ʾ, 'to have effusion (menstruation, pollution)': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḳry/ʾ |
| Meaning | 'to have effusion (menstruation, pollution)' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2275 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḳrʔ 'to have one's period finished (said of a woman who has just had it)' \[BK 2 701\]; ḳarʔ-, ḳurʔ- 'women's menses, time when a woman has her period' \[ibid. 702\] | BK 2 701; BK 702 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ḳiria, ḳ. ḏ-lilia \[DM 412\] | DM 412 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | (?) CHA EZHA yǝšta ḳar, GYE ǝʔǝšta ḳar \[LGur 697\] (also ENN ǝʔǝ̃šča aʔar, MUH yǝšǝttuʔe \[ibid.\]). | LGur 697 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ḳǝrē laylā (HALOT 1138). | HALOT 1138 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḳaryā 'pollution' \[Ja 1419\]. | Ja 1419 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḳeryat 'she had her menses' \[Brock 691\], ḳeryā dǝ-lelyā 'nocturnal emission' \[ibid.\] | Brock 691 |  |

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## Linked from

- [Q](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/q/index.md>)

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