# \*magd- 'excellence'

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

- Author's gloss: excellence, abundance; glory
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/m/3225_excellence.md

## In Linear A

- [MA-KI-DE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KI-DE-TE/index.md>) (Majdat): personal name, 'glory' (feminine)
- [ME-KI-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ME-KI-DI/index.md>) (Majd): personal name, 'glory' (masculine)

## Notes

PCS *magd- 'excellence' (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37), perhaps a ma- derivative of PWS *gd 'to be good, lucky, excellent'.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: mägäd (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37) (HALOT 543); mǝgādîm (pl.) (HALOT 543) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: magdā (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37; HALOT 543) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: maǯd- (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 37; Lane 2690) (gloss withheld)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic mgdt; ʾmgd (Al-Jallad 2026, 90) (gloss withheld)

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