# \*ʕazVz- 'to be strong, mighty, fierce'

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

- Author's gloss: to be strong, mighty; strength
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BF/2769_to_be_strong_mighty_fierce.md

## In Linear A

- [A-DU-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU-ZA/index.md>) (ʾAddu-ʿazz): ʾAddu-ʿazz (personal name), 'Addu is strong'; rival Hadas 'Myrtle'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ezēzu (CAD E 428) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: /ʿazz/: names ḫa-zu/zú-um, ʔa₅-za=, a-za=; /ʿazīz/: name a-zi-za (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 100–101) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ʕz (DULAT 193) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ʕāzaz (HALOT 808) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ʿZZ (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 835) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿzz]
- Punic: ʿz; ʿzz (T 241) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿzz]
- Phoenician: ʿz (HALOT 805); ʿzt (T 240) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ʿazzīz (HALOT 808)
- Mandaic Aramaic: azz (ʿzz) (LGz. 81; MD 12) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ʿzz: ʿazzum, ʿazzatum, ʿazazum, ʿizzum (Gelb AS 21, 15); ʿazzu, ʿizzu (Buck 2019, 325); ʿ-z-z: cf. ḫa-za-za-nu-um; ʿazz: az-zu, ḫa-az-zu, a-az-za-ni-tum; ʿazaz: a-za-zum, a-za-za-nu-um; ʿazīz: a-zi-za-an (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 99–101) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ʿzz (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §9.1 no. 3) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʕazza 'to be strong, mighty' (BK 2, 239)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ʾʿzz (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 38) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ʿzt (SD 24 apud SEDonline 1248; Sabaweb lemma 2966) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʿazzaza (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §9.1 no. 3) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿzz]
- Soqotri: ʿzz (LGz. 81) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: ʿazza (LGz. 81)
- Tigrinya: ʿazäzä (LGz. 81)
- Amharic: azzäzä (LGz. 81) (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.