# \*hadad- 'thunder'

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

- Author's gloss: thunder; the storm god
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/h/3186_thunder.md

## In Linear A

- [A-DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU/index.md>) (ʾAddu / adû): Addu/Haddu (heading); rival adû 'work stint'
- [A-DU \*307+\*307](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU~20*307~2B*307/index.md>) (Addu dubur-dubur): Addu's sanctuary (Storm God + doubled sanctuary sign)
- [A-DU-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) (ʾAddu-kumina): Addu has sheltered (compound theophoric PN)
- [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)

## Notes

PS *hadad- 'thunder' (Kogan 2011, 194: 'probably'), preserved as the name of the storm god in Akkadian, Ebla and Ugaritic; Soq. šed with hypercorrect š-; Arb. and Tna. more marginal. Not 554 *hud- 'break' or 1107 *ḥVdVd- 'forge'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: adad, addu (Kogan 2011, 194) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: dʾà-da (Kogan 2011, 194); Hadda, from Arabic hadda: ᵈʾà-da a-ba-tiᵏⁱ, ᵈʾà-da ʾà-ta-niᵏⁱ, ᵈʾà-da ḫa-lamᵏⁱ, ᵈʾà-da lu-ubᵏⁱ (Antalík 1998, 38); Hadda of Ḫalab (Sallaberger 2018, 117) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: hd, hdd (Kogan 2011, 194) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: Haddu, Hadu, Hadda, Hada, Hedda, Handa, Handu, DN (Gelb AS 21, 19); Addu, *Haddu, Northwest Semitic deity (Huffmon APNM 156)
- Hebrew: הדד, in the name הֲדַד (HALOT 238) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: hāddat- (Kogan 2011, 194)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: hadud, hədud (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Mehri: həd (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Jibbali: hid (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Soqotri: šed (Kogan 2011, 194)
- Tigrinya: hadädä (Kogan 2011, 194) (gloss withheld)

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