TA-DI

my beloved, a name and name element

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Reading
dādī
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*dawid- ‘father’s brother, uncle’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎄𐎄dddd (I) ‘love’, ‘loved one’ (DULAT 262); ddy PN, syll. ta-di-e, da-de₄-ya (DULAT 264)
  • Hebrewדּוֹדַי Dōday PN (1 Chr 27:4)
  • Maridi-di Didi PN, a carpenter (ARM 21 397; ARCHIBAB T16508)
  • Amoriteda-di-i, dādī ‘my beloved’, a Sutean (ARM 23 341; Buck 2018, 327)
  • Eblaiteda-du, dādu ‘beloved’, PN (Pagan 1998, row 1401)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT Wc 30083DWA-DI-NI RU-JA-TA-DIpersonal name, Ruya + dādī 'my beloved' (Ugaritic ta-di-e for ddy); rival two names, RU-JA and TA-DI

Commentary

TA-DI within RU-JA-TA-DI Ruya-dādī (HT Wc 3008). The Ugaritic PN ddy, syll. ta-di-e and da-de₄-ya (DULAT 264); Hebrew Dōday (1 Chr 27:4) and Mari di-di, a carpenter (ARM 21 397). One witness. See DE-DI.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far (a cited inscription is modelled, but its transcription has the word broken or spelled differently).

Linear A Lexicon