A-DI

until, as far as (preposition)

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Reading
ʿadi
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ʿadi/*qadu(m) ‘until, as long as’
Kind
Particle
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Ugariticʿadʿd /ʿad(ē)/ ‘up to, as far as, until’ (Huehnergard 2012)
  • Hebrewעַדʿadʿad (עַד) ‘until’; ʿad ʾăšer dāq ‘until it was fine’ (Exod 32:20, Deut 9:21)
  • Phoenician𐤏𐤃ʿdʿd ‘as far as, up to’, Phoenician and Punic (Krahmalkov 2000, 360)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KN Zc 63DA-DI DA-KI-TI-PA-KU NI-JA-NUuntil

Commentary

KN Zc 6 .2 opens with A-DI after .1 QI-TI-RI and governs DA-KI-TI: ʿadi daqqati ‘(ground) until fine’, as Hebrew grinds the golden calf ʿad ʾăšer-dāq ‘until it was fine’ (Exod 32:20; Deut 9:21); Phoenician ʿd ‘as far as, until’ (Krahmalkov 2000, 360). Evans (PoM I 615 n. 1) reports a dividing mark before DA, which GORILA IV 121 does not print. Initial A- writes ʿa-, the ʿ unwritten. One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

KN Zc 6Knossosa-di…
Linear A Lexicon