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√MṬR
▪ MṬR_1 ‘rain’ ↗maṭar
▪ MṬR_2 ‘to run swiftly (horse), speed away’: see maṭara s.v. ↗maṭar♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘rain, to rain, to hail; to pray for rain; to expose o.s. to the elements; to be steady in one’s views, habit, custom; to seek assistance’
For etymology of MṬR_1 ‘rain’ cf. ↗maṭar.
For cognates of MṬR_1 ‘rain’ cf. ↗maṭar.
MṬR_2 is explained by Arab lexicographers as a fig. extension of MṬR_1: »marra ’l-farasu yamṭuru, vn. maṭr and muṭūr, and yatamaṭṭaru [vb. V] ‘The horse passed, or went, running vehemently, like the pouring of rain ’« (Lane 7-1885; my italics, SG). The vn.s however suggest that it may be an etymon in its own right.
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