ירד

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Hebrew

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Root
י־ר־ד (y-r-d)

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *warad-. Cognate to Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎄 (yrd, to go down), Arabic وَرَدَ (warada, to come, to arrive), Ge'ez ወረደ (wärädä, to descend) and Akkadian 𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (warādum, to go down to lower ground, to come ashore, to go downhill or downstream).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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יָרַד (yarád) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָרֶדֶת)

  1. To go down, descend.
    • רונה קינן, הסולם
      אבא שלך טיפס על סולם...ושכח איך לָרֶדֶת
      Your father climbed the ladder... and forgot how to get down.
    יורד גשם.yoréd géshem.It is raining. [literally, Rain is descending.]
  2. To go down, decline, decrease.
  3. (somewhat derogatory) To emigrate from Israel, or (humorous) from another country.
  4. (colloquial) To criticize, lambaste, roast; construed with the preposition על (al, on).
  5. To get out of a vehicle.
  6. (colloquial, vulgar) To give fellatio or cunnilingus; construed with the preposition ל- (le-, to).

Conjugation

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of descend): עלה (alá, go up, ascend)
  • (antonym(s) of decrease): עלה (alá, go up, increase)
  • (antonym(s) of emigrate from Israel): עלה (alá, to make aliyah)

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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יֶרֶד (yéredm

  1. (biblical) Jared (a man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah)

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