Proto-Semitic root
*magd-
‘excellence’
di Mino’s gloss: excellence, abundance; glory
Record 3225 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A2 entries
Notes
PCS *magd- ‘excellence’ (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37), perhaps a ma- derivative of PWS *gd ‘to be good, lucky, excellent’.
Reflexes4 languages
Northwest Semitic2
- Hebrewmägäd (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37) (HALOT 543)mǝgādîm (pl.) (HALOT 543)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicmagdā (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37; HALOT 543)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicmaǯd- (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37; Lane 2690)gloss withheld
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic mgdtʾmgd (Al-Jallad 2026, 90)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.