# \*ḳVḏar-/\*ḳVḏur- 'be dirty' 1, 'be dark' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to be dirty, dark
- SED semet 1793
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/1679_be_dirty_1_be_dark_2.md

## In Linear A

- [KI-DA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-DA-RO/index.md>) (Qidaru): personal name, 'Dark' (√ḳ-d-r 'be dark'; cf. Hebrew Qēdār)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: qdr 2, 1 (HALOT 1072) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: qdr 2 (HALOT 1072) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: qdr pan'el 2 (Drower/Macuch 405a apud HALOT 1072) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: QDR 2 (CAL s.v. qdr) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root qḏr]
- Ugaritic: qdr 2 (CUC; DULAT 685) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root qḏr]

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: qḏr [-a-, -u-]; qaḏara 'was unclean, dirty' 1 (Lane 2498) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root qḏr]

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