# \*gd 'to be lucky, fortunate; luck, fortune'

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

- Author's gloss: luck, fortune; Fortune as a god
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/g/3243_to_be_lucky_fortunate_luck_fortune.md

## In Linear A

- [KU-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-DA/index.md>) (Gūda): Gūda 'luck' (personal name), Amorite Guʾuda; rivals Kutta, qāʾid 'chief'

## Notes

PWS *gd 'to be good, lucky, excellent', a biconsonantal element (Kogan 2015: 33, 191; DRS 99‒100, 105‒106 apud SEDonline 40). SEDonline 40 also sets here Arb. ǯwd 'to be good, approvable, excellent' (Lane 481) and Sod. gud 'wonderful, marvelous, splendid' (EDG 261).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: /g-d-d, g-y-d/: name i-gi-da-ga-mu; /gadd, gayd, gād/: names ga-da(-), ga-du-um, ga-ti; /gidd, giyd, gīd/: names gi-dum, gi-da-na-im, ki-da-NI; /gudd, guwd, gūd/: names gú-du, gú-da, gu₄-du-nu; /gadduwat, gayduwat, gāduwat/: names ga-du-wa-ad, ga-du-wa-du (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 175) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: gad (HALOT 176 apud SEDonline 40) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: JPA gaddā (DJPA 121 apud SEDonline 40) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: Sam. gd (DSA 128 apud SEDonline 40) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: gaddā (LSyr. 104, SL 204 apud SEDonline 40) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: gada (MD 73) (gloss withheld)
- Emar: ga-ad-dá, ga₁₄-ad-da, gad-dá /gaddu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 50); gadid: names ga-di-du/di (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 175) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: g-d-d, g-y-d: ia-gi-id-li-im; gadd, gayd, gād: ga-da-nim; gidd, giyd, gīd: gi-da-an; gudd, guwd, gūd: gu-ú-da (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 175) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: gd, in gdnʿm, gdʿštrt, mlqrtgd (Krahmalkov 136) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ǯadd- (Lane 385 apud SEDonline 40); ǯdd (Lane 384 apud SEDonline 40) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: gäd (WTS 602 apud SEDonline 40) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: gäddi (TED 2356 apud SEDonline 40) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: gädd (AED 2034 apud SEDonline 40) (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.