# \*ṣidq- 'righteousness, justice'

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

- Author's gloss: righteousness, justice, truth
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%A3/2762_righteousness_justice.md

## In Linear A

- [A-SA-DA-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SA-DA-KA/index.md>) (ʾaṣdaqa): Most Righteous (PN)

## Notes

Noun of the verb *ṣdḳ 'to be just, true' (2614).

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ṣdq (DULAT 768) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ṣdq (Krahmalkov 414) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ṣedeq (HALOT 1004) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ṣidqu (Buck 2019, 333); ṣidq: zi-id-kum, zi-id-qa-an, ṣi-id-ga-nu-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 214) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ṣdq (DNWSI 962) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ṣidq (HALOT 1004) (gloss withheld)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ṣdq (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 128); ṣdq; Hismaic ṣdq (Al-Jallad 2026, 146) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ṣdq (SD 141; Biella 416, 417; Sabaweb lemma 1204) (gloss withheld)

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