# \*mVʾad- 'many, much' 1, 'very' 2

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

- Author's gloss: much, many; very; to be plentiful
- SED semet 1824
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/m/1704_many_much_1_very_2.md

## In Linear A

- [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) (Maʾdi): place name: a unit of men and livestock in the HT rosters; rival the Hurrian personal name Madi 'wisdom'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: mādu 1; mâdu (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: mʔud; */maʾdu/?, pl. /maʾ(a)dūma/ (UVST 144) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: mǝʔōd 2
- Amorite: mʾd: maʾdum, miʾd(ān)um, jāmʾid (Gelb AS 21, 24); yamʾid (Buck 2019, 329) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.