# \*ydʕ 'know' A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on. - Author's gloss: to know; knowledge; to make known - SED semet 3034 - Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/y/2500_know.md ## In Linear A - [A-MI-DA-U]() (ʿAmmī-dāʿ(u)): My kinsman knows (sentence name) - [DI-\*306]() (Diʿa): Diʿa 'Knowledge' (personal name) - [JA-DA-SU]() (Yadaʿ-Šum): personal name, 'Šum knew' ## Reflexes: East Semitic - Akkadian: idû (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 45); edû - Eblaitic: sa-da-um (OLA80 §43.8); /y-d-ʿ/: names i-da-ù, i-da-ad-mu, i-da-am, i-da-ba-ḫal, i-da-gàm, i-da-il/NI, i-da-ma-lik, i-da-ni-ki-mu (Krebernik 1988, 49) (gloss withheld) ## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic - Mandaic Aramaic: yda (MD 188) - Ugaritic: ydʕ (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.1 no. 45) - Biblical Aramaic: ydʕ (CAL s.v. ydʿ) - Phoenician: ydʿ (Krahmalkov 206) (gloss withheld) - Modern Aramaic: Urm dʕy - Hebrew: ydʕ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 45) - Syrian Aramaic: ydʕ (Payne Smith 187) - Aramaic: Pal ydʕ (DJPA 235a apud CAL); YDʿ (DNWSI 439) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wdʿ] - Amorite: jdʿ: jīdaʿ, jadaʿ, jādiʿum, jādiʿatum (Gelb AS 21, 21); yādiʿa, daʿat (Buck 2019, 334) (gloss withheld) - Punic: ydʿ 'know' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wdʿ] ## Reflexes: Arabic - Arabic: ʾaydaʿa (LGz. 626) (gloss withheld) ## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian - Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab dʕw; Sab hydʿhw; stydʿthw, stdʿt, ystydʿnhw, stydʿn; mydʿ (pl.) (Biella 230) (gloss withheld) ## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian - Harsusi: yōda - Tigrinya: ʾəndəʿi (OLA80 §47.13) (gloss withheld) - Mehri: wēda [SEDonline semet 621] - Soqotri: édaʕ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 45) - Geez: ydʿ 'make known' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wdʿ] - Jibbali: ʾedaʿ (LGz. 626) --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/roots/2500/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.