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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.

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)