# \*ḥad(i)ṯ- 'new'

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

- Author's gloss: new; to renew; new moon
- SED semet 3052
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B8%A5/2518_new.md

## In Linear A

- [U-DE-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-DE-ZA/index.md>) (Ḥudaṯu): personal name: ḥdṯ 'new'; Ḥudaṯu of ʾArāyu on HT 122b

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ešš-; edēšu (CAD E 30); eddešû (CAD E 23) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: /ḥadaṯ/: names ʔà-daš, ʔà:daš, a-daš-gú-lu; /ḥudṯ, ḥudaṯ, ḥuduṯ/: cf. name u₉-du-sum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 232) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: hadta (MD 116)
- Ugaritic: ḥdṯ (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.1 no. 58)
- Biblical Aramaic: ḥădat
- Phoenician: ḥdš
- Modern Aramaic: Urm ḥā(d)t-
- Hebrew: ḥādāš (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.1.1 no. 58)
- Judaic Aramaic: Pal ḥdt (DJPA 189a apud CAL)
- Syrian Aramaic: ḥadǝt- (Payne Smith 128)
- Aramaic: ḤDT (DNWSI 351) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥdṯ]
- Punic: ḥdš; N.Pu. ḥydš (T 99); ḥdš, pl. ḥdšm (T 100); ḥdš, in bḥdš (Krahmalkov 177) (gloss withheld)
- Emar: ḫi-da-aš, ḫu-da-ši /ḥiddaθ(u)/, /ḥuddaθu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 65–66) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ḥadaṯ; ḥudṯ, ḥudaṯ, ḥuduṯ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 232) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ḥadaṯa 'to be new, happen' (BK 1, 390)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ḥdṯ (Al-Jallad 2026, 73) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: h-ḥdt (LGz. 226); Sab ḥdṯ; hḥdṯ; ḥdṯt (SD 65); ḥdṯ; hḥdṯ; ḥdṯt (Biella 167); Qat. ḥdṯn (Ricks 1982 s.v. ḥdṯn) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: ḥeydīn
- Soqotri: gadid
- Tigre: ḥäddis (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 59)
- East Ethiopic: Wol aǯis
- Geez: ḥäddis (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 59)
- Gurage: Sod aǯǯis (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 59)
- Jibbali: odīn
- Amharic: addis (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 59)
- Harari: ḥaǯīs (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 59)
- Gafat: wayä
- Argobba: haǯǝs
- Tigrinya: ḥäddis (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 59)

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