ברד

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Hebrew

Root
ב־ר־ד (b-r-d)
1 term

Etymology

Compare Aramaic בַּרְדָא (barḏā), Arabic بَرَد (barad), Ge'ez በረድ (bäräd).

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Noun

בָּרָד • (barád) m (plural indefinite בְּרָדִים, singular construct בְּרַד־, plural construct ברדי־)

  1. (countable and uncountable) hail
    Holonym: מִשְׁקָע (mishká)
    ברד ירד בדרום ספרד. ― barád yarád bid'róm s'farád. ― Hail came down in the south of Spain.
    • c. 1055 – 1138, Moses ibn Ezra, רעי שתו עמי עלי ארץ :
      רֵעַי שְׁתוּ עִמִּי עֲלֵי-אֶרֶץ \ גֻּשְׁמַהּ וְעַל-יַעַר אֲשֶׁר בָּרָד ⁋ יַיִן כְּמוֹ-אֹדֶם בְּכוֹס שֹׁהַם \ אוֹ אֵשׁ מְלֻקָּחָה בְּתוֹךְ בָּרָד.
  2. snow cone; slushie

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