CAL: grd, grdˀ

(zool.) beaver

Syr

AS4 41:6 ܓܪܕܐ ܂܂܂ ܐܫ̈ܟܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܕܕܟܪܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܗܝܢ ܐܣܝܘܬܐ‏grdˀ ... ˀš̈kwhy dyn ddkrˀ ˀyt bhyn ˀsywtˀגרדא ٠٠٠ אשכוהי דין דדכרא אית בהין אסיותא‏ܓܪܕܐ ܂܂܂ ܐܫ̈ܟܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܕܕܟܪܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܗܝܢ ܐܣܝܘܬܐ‏grdˀ ... ˀš̈kwhy dyn ddkrˀ ˀyt bhyn ˀsywtˀגרדא ٠٠٠ אשכוהי דין דדכרא אית בהין אסיותא‏ܓܪܕܐ ܂܂܂ ܐܫ̈ܟܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܕܕܟܪܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܗܝܢ ܐܣܝܘܬܐ‏ܓܪܕܐ ܂܂܂ ܐܫ̈ܟܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܕܕܟܪܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܗܝܢ ܐܣܝܘܬܐ‏ : the beaver ... the male's testicles have a healing property ; Geop 111:25↗ ܐܫ̈ܟܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏ˀš̈ky grdˀאשכי גרדא‏ܐܫ̈ܟܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏ˀš̈ky grdˀאשכי גרדא‏ܐܫ̈ܟܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏ܐܫ̈ܟܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏ : beaver testicles (i.e., castoreum?) ; JEhCh 262a:16ff. ܓܪ̈ܕܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܓܪܕܘܢ ܘܢܦܣܩܘܢ ܐܝ̈ܠܢܐ ܒܫ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ‏gr̈dˀ dyn dngrdwn wnpsqwn ˀÿlnˀ bš̈nyhwnגרדא דין דנגרדון ונפסקון אילנא בשניהון‏ܓܪ̈ܕܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܓܪܕܘܢ ܘܢܦܣܩܘܢ ܐܝ̈ܠܢܐ ܒܫ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ‏gr̈dˀ dyn dngrdwn wnpsqwn ˀÿlnˀ bš̈nyhwnגרדא דין דנגרדון ונפסקון אילנא בשניהון‏ܓܪ̈ܕܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܓܪܕܘܢ ܘܢܦܣܩܘܢ ܐܝ̈ܠܢܐ ܒܫ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ‏ܓܪ̈ܕܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܓܪܕܘܢ ܘܢܦܣܩܘܢ ܐܝ̈ܠܢܐ ܒܫ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ‏ : (they are called) beavers, then, for they will scrape and cut up logs with their teeth ; Phys A2:8 ܩܣܛܘܪ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏qsṭwr dˀytwhy grdˀקסטור דאיתוהי גרדא‏ܩܣܛܘܪ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏qsṭwr dˀytwhy grdˀקסטור דאיתוהי גרדא‏ܩܣܛܘܪ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏ܩܣܛܘܪ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܓܪܕܐ‏

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Attested once as gāridu in 1st Millennium Akkadian, which must be the same animal inasmuch as it occurs in the expression "testicle of a g" and the common appearance of beavers' testicles in medical and scientific texts (Pliny, Aristotle, etc.) from antiquity.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 256[132]J. Payne-Smith: 78BarBahlul: 444:16; 490:24; 515:21

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