# \*ʾaddīr- 'noble, notable' 1, 'majestic, powerful' 2, 'assembly of elders, council' 3

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: mighty, noble, majestic; nobles
- SED semet 1415
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/1340_noble_notable_1_majestic_powerful_2_assembly_of.md

## In Linear A

- [A-DA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DA-RO/index.md>) (ʾAddar): Addar, 'Mighty' (personal name)
- [DI-DE-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-DE-RU/index.md>) (ʾaddīru): nobles, notables; rival ʾadr 'granary'
- [DI-RE-DI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-RE-DI-NA/index.md>) (ʾaddīr-dīnā): mighty is the verdict (compound sentence name); rival a simplex recipient name

## Notes

Tomback (T 6) compares J.Aram. ʾadiraʾ.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: ʾ-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)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ʔdr 1; /ʾaduru/? (UVST 104) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ʔdr 2; ʾdr 2 (T 6) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: ʔdr 2; Neo-Punic ʾdrʾ 3 (Krahmalkov 37) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ʔaddīr 2; ʔdr (HALOT 16 apud SEDonline 208) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ʾaddīr 2: a-di-rum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 10) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʔadirot 3 LGz 8

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