# \*ytn ~ \*ntn 'give'

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

- Author's gloss: to give; gift
- SED semet 3143
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/y/2608_give.md

## In Linear A

- [A-DU-NI-TA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU-NI-TA-NA/index.md>) (ʾAddu-nittāna): given by Addu (compound theophoric PN)
- [A-TA-NA-JE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-NA-JE/index.md>) (ʾatanāya): My Giver / My Athena—1cs possessive on divine epithet (√y-t-n 'to give' + -ya 'my')
- [A-TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-NA-TE/index.md>) (ʾAtanat): ʾAtanat, 'She-who-gives'—feminine of √y-t-n 'to give' with I-y \> ʾ; the etymon of Athena (di Mino, Ya Diktu 20)
- [I-TI-NI-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-TI-NI-SA/index.md>) (ʾItniša): ʾItniša (personal name), the Mari name IT-NU-ŠA; rival ʾitnī-ša 'her gift (portion)'
- [JE-TA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JE-TA-NA/index.md>) (Yatana): He gave (PN, qatal 3ms of √y-t-n 'to give')—straight theophoric truncation: Yatana-DN 'DN-gave,' same root as Hebrew Nāṯān, Ugaritic Yattin-Haddu, Amorite Yantin-Dagan, Yattin-Dagan (Gelb 1980, nos. 2986, 3555)
- [MA-TI-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-TI-TI/index.md>) (mattitt(u)): gift
- [NA-TU-\*301-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NA-TU-*301-NE/index.md>) (natūnān): the dedicated one (qatūl passive participle of √n-t-n + -ān); rival nātānān 'the giver'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: nadānu (HALOT 733)
- Eblaitic: i-ti, a-da-ti-in /n-d-n/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 77) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: ntn (MD 307)
- Ugaritic: ytn (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.2 no. 33)
- Biblical Aramaic: ntn (CAL s.v. ntn)
- Phoenician: ytn (n-tn); ytn (T 132); ytn (B 328); mtn (T 206); mtt (T 207) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ntn (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.2 no. 33)
- Aramaic: Pal. ntn (DJPA 362b apud CAL)
- Syrian Aramaic: nettel (HALOT 733)
- Amorite: ndn: jiddin, nādinum; ntn: jantin, natūnum, māntinum (Gelb AS 21, 27); mattan, nātinu, yantin, yattin/yattan (Buck 2019, 330); n-d-n: in-din-nu-um, id-di-nu, i-din-ia; n-t-n: it-ti-in, i-ti-in-ᵈIM, in-ti-nu-um (Ur III); w/y-t-n: ia-ta-nu-um, i-ti-li-im (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 77–78) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: ytn, yʿtn (T 132); mtnt (T 206); mtn (Krahmalkov 320) (gloss withheld)
- Canaanite: Amm. ʔtn, tn; Edom tn (DNWSI 766) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ntn; Taymanitic ntn (Al-Jallad 2026, 106) (gloss withheld)

---

Page: https://linear-a.ai/roots/2608/
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 add28e94.