throat → greedy 1 realization
NEW Realization 1
type Cognates
language 1 Arabic
language 2 Soqotri
lexeme 1 garad-
lexeme 2 enḳárid
meaning 1 back of neck
direction →
meaning 2 to be avid, greedy, covetous
reference BK: 2 709
comment Proto-MSA *ḳard- ‘neck; throat’ (SED I No. 166). Scarcely attested in Arb. and MSA only. Less likely an Arb. loan in MSA in view of meaning differences. In Arb. pay attention to variant roots with g vs. ḳ (?).

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