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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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murǧān مُرْجان , var. marǧān 
ID 811 • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√MRǦN 
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↗marǧān 
▪ eC7 Q 55:22 yaḫruǧu min-humā ’l-luʔuʔu wa’l-marǧānu ‘There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral-stone’, 55:58 ka-ʔanna-hunna ’l-yāqūtu wa’l-marǧānu ‘(In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone’. 
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MRḤ مرح 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 13May2023
√MRḤ 
“root” 
▪ MRḤ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ MRḤ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ MRḤ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘joy, merriment; arrogance, haughtiness, ungratefulness; mirth, to be active, be playful, be light-hearted; intoxicating drink, resonating, precise bow; to bring out shoots’ 
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MRḪ مرخ 
ID 812 • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√MRḪ 
“root” 
▪ MRḪ_1 ‘to rub, anoint’ ↗maraḫ- a (marḫ)
▪ MRḪ_2 ‘Mars (astron.)’ ↗mirrīḫ 
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According to Ehret1989, MRḪ_1 is an “extension” in “iterative” *‑ḥ‑ of a reconstructed biconsonantal root *mr‑ ‘to brush with the fingers’ (cf. ↗marr‑ / marar‑). – Other such extensions in Ar, as given by Ehret, are †mart‑ ‘to smooth’, ↗maraṯ‑, †marz‑ ‘to press slightly with the fingertips’, †mars‑ ‘to macerate and crush with the hand’ (↗tamarras‑), ↗maraš‑, ↗maraʕ‑, †marġ‑ ‘to anoint with oil’ (cf. also ↗√MRĠ), †marq‑ ‘to scratch off the wool’ (cf. also ↗√MRQ), and †mary‑ ‘to stroke the udder of the camel for milking’ (cf. also ↗√MRY). 
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