# \*diḳ(ḳ)- 'be small' 1, 'be thin, fine' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to be small, thin, fine; to grind fine
- SED semet 1765
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/d/1654_be_small_1_be_thin_fine_2.md

## In Linear A

- [A-DI-KI-TE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DI-KI-TE-TE/index.md>) (ʾa-Diqqitīt): O Diktaean (f.), the feminine nisbe of Dikte
- [DA-KI-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KI-TI/index.md>) (daqqati): fine (powder), ground fine
- [JA-DI-KI-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DI-KI-TU/index.md>) (yā Diqqitu): O Diqqitu! (vocative invocation of the proposed goat-goddess Diqqitu)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: daḳḳ- OAKK CAD D 107, daḳāḳu 1 (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: dirdiḳy- (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: dḳ (DULAT 275); dqt 2 (DULAT 276) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: dq (Krahmalkov 151) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: daḳdǝḳ-, dardǝḳ- 'young children' (Payne Smith 96)
- Aramaic: Pal dḳyḳ; DQQ (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. dqq) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: daq (HALOT 229) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: daqqaʾ (T 74)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: diḳḳ- (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: dqq (LGz. 140; Sabaweb lemma 4015) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: dḳḳ 2
- East Ethiopic: Sel Wol ṭit, Zw ṭīt
- Geez: daḳiḳ, dḳḳ; ṭǝḳḳat LGz 596 (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: ṭǝḳit LGur 635 (gloss withheld)
- Harari: ṭīt (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: däqäqä, däqqi (LGz. 140) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: däqqa (LGz. 140)
- Argobba: (a)däqqäqa (LGz. 140) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: däqäqä (LGz. 140) (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.