# \*ʕVtVd- 'be ready, prepare'

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

- Author's gloss: to be ready, prepare; ready
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BF/2962_be_ready_prepare.md

## In Linear A

- [A-TA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-DE/index.md>) (ʾaʿtid(u)): I make ready (1cs prefix form)

## Notes

Not 2134 *ʕat(t)ūd- 'male of small cattle'.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: ʿātîd (HALOT 903); pi. ʿittēd (HALOT 901) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ʿtd pa. (HALOT 901); ʿătîd (HALOT 903) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ʕtad, ʕtīdā (SEDRA 2432, 2433) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: ʿtt (HALOT 901) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: EgArm. ʿtd; Nab. ʿtd (HALOT 901) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: *ʿătīd (HALOT BArm. s.v. עֲתִיד) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʿatuda (HALOT 901); ʿatīd (HALOT 903) (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.