Proto-Semitic root
*ʾaddīr-
‘noble, notable’ 1, ‘majestic, powerful’ 2, ‘assembly of elders, council’ 3
di Mino’s gloss: mighty, noble, majestic; nobles
Record 1340 ↗ · SED semet 1415 · Basis: SED
In Linear A3 entries
Notes
Tomback (T 6) compares J.Aram. ʾadiraʾ.
Reflexes7 languages
East Semitic1
- Eblaiticʾ-d-r 2: a-dar= (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 10)ʾadar 2: names a-da-ar, a-da-ra, a-da-lu, ʔa₅-da-ru₁₂, a-tir₅-rúm (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 10)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic5
- Ugariticʔdr 1/ʾaduru/? (UVST 104)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianʔdr 2ʾdr 2 (T 6)gloss withheld
- Punicʔdr 2Neo-Punic ʾdrʾ 3 (Krahmalkov 37)gloss withheld
- Hebrewʔaddīr 2ʔdr (HALOT 16 apud SEDonline 208)gloss withheld
- Amoriteʾaddīr 2: a-di-rum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 10)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Geezʔadirot 3 LGz 8
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.