# \*rVʕVy- 1, \*rāʕ- 2 'pasture, guard livestock, herd, graze (trans.)' (v.) 1, 'herdsman' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to pasture, graze, tend; shepherd, herdsman
- SED semet 423
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/r/454_pasture_guard_livestock_herd_graze_trans_v_1_her.md

## In Linear A

- [RA-O-DI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RA-O-DI-KI/index.md>) (rāʿû diqqi): herdsman of the small cattle (title, over a flock of 60); rival a personal name
- [RO-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RO-E/index.md>) (rōʿē): herdsman, shepherd (title on a label)

## Notes

'Friend' and 'associate with' are 61 (HALOT 1253, 1262). The noun 'pasture, herbage' is 3638.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: reʔû 1
- Eblaitic: u₉-šarₓ(NE)-ì /r-ʿ-y/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 150) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: raa 1
- Ugaritic: rʕy 2
- Phoenician: rʕ 1
- Hebrew: rʕy 1, rōʕǟ 2
- Syrian Aramaic: rǝʕā 1
- Aramaic: RʿY (Aramaic Root Atlas; Qumran 224 apud CAL) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root rʿy]
- Punic: rʿ 'shepherd' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root rʿy]
- Judaic Aramaic: rəʿā, rāʿăyā, rāʿītā (HALOT 1258)
- Amorite: rʿj: jarʿī (Gelb AS 21, 29); r-ʿ-y: cf. ya-ri-a-du, ia-ar-ḫi-DINGIR (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 150) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: rʕy [-a-] 1, rāʕ- 2
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic rʿy (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 114); rʿyt 1; Hismaic rʿy 1; Dadanitic rʿy 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 119) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: rʕy 1 (Sabaweb lemma 7187); rʕy 2 (SD 113) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: rō 1, rēʕi 2
- Soqotri: reʕe 1
- Tigre: räʕa 1
- Geez: rǝʕya 1
- Jibbali: raʕé 1

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.