א־ג־ר

א־ג־ר

Hebrew

Etymology

[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The "letter" sense may be borrowed from Akkadian egirtu.

The "roof" sense may be from Aramaic, from Akkadian igārum (“wall”).

Root

א־ג־ר • (ʾ-g-r)

1. Related to collection, accumulation.
2. Related to wages, salaries.
3. Related to letters, epistles.
4. Related to roofs.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ג־ר‎ (0 c, 5 e)

References

1. A. Murtonen (1989), “ʾGR; ʾGR II”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
2. Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 6

Further reading

• “א־ג־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “א־ג־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com