The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
brk.
DEFINITION:
West Semitic, to bless. Probably a metathesized variant of krb.1.Baruch, from Hebrew brûk, blessed, passive participle of *brak, to bless (only attested in derived stem brk, to bless). 2.broker, from Arabic al-barka, colloquial variant of al-baraka, the blessing, divine favor, gift, from braka, to bless. Compare krb.
rûk, blessed, passive participle of *b
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