Proto-Semitic root

*(ʾa-)dām-

‘red’

di Mino’s gloss: red, to be red; red earth

Record 1844 ↗ · SED semet 1985 · Basis: SED

In Linear A1 entry

U-DI-MIʾUdmīthe Udumite—man of Udum (Kirta's city), 'red (land)'SpeculativeSemitic13D

Reflexes8 languages

East Semitic1

Akkadianadamātu (adumātu) s. pl. tantum OB [CAD a1 94], adamu (adammu, adumu) OAkk on [ibid. 95]cf. metathetic (SB) daʔmu [ibid. d 74]gloss withheldCAD 95 · CAD d 74

Northwest Semitic3

Ugariticʔidm [DULAT 18]ʔadmānu (UVST 104)ʔdm G, N (DULAT 17–18)gloss withheld
Hebrewʔādōm (HALOT 15), ʔădamdām (HALOT 15)ʾĕdôm, Edom, cun. Udumu (HALOT 12)ʾădāmî hanneqeb, place name, ? Ug. udm (HALOT 16)gloss withheld
Amoriteʾdm: jaʾdum, ʾadam, ʾadamum (Gelb AS 21, 13)ʾ-d-m: la-aḫ-du-muʾadmān: ad/ḫa-ad-ma-n= (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 9)gloss withheld

Arabic1

Arabicdmm ‘to dye red’ [BK 1 728]ʔadima ‘to be red, have tanned skin’, ʔudmat- ‘reddish colour, swarthy complexion’ [BK 1 19]

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian3

Geezʔaddāmāwi [LGz 8]gloss withheld
Amharicaddämä [LGz 8] (dama [LGur 207])gloss withheld
Soqotriédhom (SLOnline 3037)gloss withheld

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

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