ID 812 • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√MRḪ
▪ MRḪ_1 ‘to rub, anoint’ ↗maraḫ- a (marḫ)
▪ MRḪ_2 ‘Mars (astron.)’ ↗mirrīḫ
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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