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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  rr. |
| DEFINITION: | Common Semitic noun *arr-, prince, king. 1. Sarah, from Hebrew  râ, princess, feminine of ar, prince. 2. sarsaparilla, from Arabic  aras, colloquial variant of irs, bramble, from arasa, to be vicious, dissimilated from *araa, from arara, from arra, to be vicious, perhaps ultimately denominative from Semitic *arr-, prince. 3a. Sargon, from Hebrew sargôn, from Akkadian arru-k n, the king is true, legitimate, from arru, king (kn, true; see kwn); b. Belshazzar, from Hebrew b la ar, from Akkadian bl-ar-uur, Bel protect the king, from ar, late form of arru, king (bl, Bel (Akkadian god), and uur, protect; see bcl and n r). |
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