ngd / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ngd: Aggadah, Haggadah.

ngd

West Semitic, to become prominent, conspicuous, to drag, lead, travel.

1. Haggadah, from Hebrew haggādâ, narration, telling, from higgîd, to narrate, tell (< *hangida).
2. Aggadah, from Aramaic ʔaggādā, formed on the model of Hebrew haggādâ, narration, telling (see 1 above).

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