# \*wrḳ: 'jaundice; blight, mildew'

> Proto-Semitic *wrḳ, 'jaundice; blight, mildew': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*wrḳ |
| Meaning | 'jaundice; blight, mildew' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | amurriqānu, awurriqānu (CAD A/2 91) | CAD A/2 91 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | yērāqôn (HALOT 440–441) | HALOT 440–441 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | yarqānā 'pallor; blight, mildew; jaundice' (Payne Smith 197) | Payne Smith 197 |  |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Noun of 1443 \*waraḳ- 'greenish, yellow'; not 2110 \*wrḳ 'to spit'. HALOT 440 joins Hebrew yērāqôn, Syriac and Mandaic yarqānā and Akk. aw/murriqānu, and takes Arabic yarqān 'disease of plants' from Aramaic; Lane 50 has yaraqān, dial. ʾaraqān 'a blight which affects seed-produce; jaundice'. Syr. mryqnʾ 'a kind of disease' is a loan from Akk. amurriqānu (Kaufman 1974, 34; HALOT 441).

## Linked from

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

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