# \*y/wḳd 'burn'

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

- Author's gloss: to burn, kindle; fire
- SED semet 3017
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/y/2483_burn.md

## In Linear A

- [U-QE-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-QE-TI/index.md>) (wōqedt): the burning one (f.); name or epithet

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ḳwd

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Biblical Aramaic: yḳd (CAL s.v. yqd; Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 16)
- Modern Aramaic: Urm ḳwd
- Hebrew: yḳd
- Syrian Aramaic: ʔyḳd 'be burnt up, catch fire' (Payne Smith 195); ʾawqed 'to set on fire' (Payne Smith 7)
- Aramaic: Pal yḳd (DJPA 243b apud CAL)
- Ugaritic: mqd (DULAT 560) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: waqadat 'the fire burned, burned up'; waqad 'fire' (Lane 2959)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic wqd (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 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.