# \*dam-, \*ʾa-dam- 'blood'

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

- Author's gloss: blood; kin
- SED semet 90
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/d/156_blood.md

## In Linear A

- [DA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-ME/index.md>) (damu): blood (ritual allocation category); rival dam 'kinfolk'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: damu OA-OB on [CAD d 75], dāmu [AHw 158]; also adamatu SB [CAD a1 94], [AHw 10] (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: da-mu /damu(m)/ (VE 970; Krebernik 1983, 35; Civil 2017, 128; Fronzaroli 1995, 58; Bonechi 2008, 2, 7); da-mu-da-mu, da-mu-II, da-mu /dam/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 147) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: form withheld (the cited dictionary’s licence is closed) [DM 111; DM 168; DM 8, 111]
- Ugaritic: dm [DULAT 270], /damu ?/ (UVST 119)
- Modern Aramaic: MAL eḏma [Berg 21] BAH eḏma [Cor 138] TUR ädmo [R Ṭūrōyo 113] MLH dmo [J Mlah 172] HRT demma [J Hert 185] NASS dimä [Tser 056] ZKH dǝmma [R Zakho 106] MMND dǝmā, edmā [M MND 494] AZR dimma [Garb 303] IRAN dimmâ [Pen 72] (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: dām (HALOT 224); ʔadmātō (hap. in Dt 32:43) (HALOT 15, 16) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: dǝmā [Ja 312]; ʔădām, ʔadmā, ʔidmā [ibid. 17]; ʔydmh [DJPA 35b apud CAL] (gloss withheld) [Ja 17]
- Syrian Aramaic: dǝmā [Brock 156]
- Aramaic: OLD OFF dm [HJ 251]
- Punic: dume (sg. with 1 sg. suff.) [HJ 251]; ʔdmy [Fuentes 60]; edom (Augustine apud HALOT 15) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: dam (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 147) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: dam- [BK 1 736]
- Modern Arabic: NYEM damm [Behnstedt 387]
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic dm (Al-Jallad 2026, 34) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: SAB dm [SD 36; Sabaweb lemma 4013] (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: dǝm [JM 71] (gloss withheld)
- Soqotri: dīm [SSL 4 94]; also dem [SSL LS 1454]
- Tigre: däm, dämät [LH 514] (gloss withheld)
- Geez: dam (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 9)
- Gurage: däm [LGur 206]
- Jibbali: dihm [JJ 39]
- Amharic: däm [K 1716]
- Harari: däm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 9)
- Gafat: dämʷä [LGaf 196]
- Tigrinya: däm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 9)
- Argobba: däm (SED I 48) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.