ארד

Hebrew

Root
א־ר־ד (ʾ-r-d)
1 term

Etymology

Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from Akkadian 𒌑𒊒𒁺𒌑 (urudû, “copper”), itself a borrowing from Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu).

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Noun

אָרָד • (ʔɔrɔḏ, arád) m (singular construct אֲרַד־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. (uncountable) bronze

References

• “ארד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• ארד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he