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*ḳrd - to have a disease causing fall of hair
(SED I No. 36v)
As an anatomic term only in Akk. and Arb.
Words
Akkadian
ḳarādu
- to pluck wool
(CAD Ḳ 126, AHw. 901)
Akkadian
ḳurrudu
- with hair falling out in tufts
(CAD Ḳ 319, AHw. 930)
Syriac
ḳerdā
- castor bean
(LSyr. 693, SL 1402)
Probably related with the underlying meaning ‘the parasite insect causing fall of hair’.
Arabic
qrd
- to fall off by degrees from the sheep and become compacted in lumps, or clotted (said of wool)
(BK 2 709, Lane 2512)
Arabic
qarad-, qarid-
- wool sticking together and compacted in a lump
(BK 2 709, Lane 2512)