Proto-Semitic root

*ʾar(V)ṣ̂-

‘earth’

di Mino’s gloss: earth, land

Record 768 ↗ · SED semet 771 · Basis: SED

In Linear A3 entries

A-RA-TUʾarṣ̂atuearth (feminine noun—PS *ʾar(V)ṣ̂- "earth")CandidateSemitic1 A-RA-TU-MEʾarṣ̂atumearth (feminine noun with mimation—cf. Akk. erṣetum)CandidateSemitic1 A-RE-TU-MIʾarṣ̂-ummīEarth is my mother (NWS theophoric compound PN)CandidateSemitic1

Reflexes14 languages

East Semitic1

Akkadianerṣetu (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.3.2 no. 22)

Northwest Semitic9

Mandaic Aramaicarq-, ard-
Ugariticʔarṣ /ʾarṣu/ (UVST 110)gloss withheld
Phoenicianʔrṣ (T 31–32)
Hebrewʔereṣ
Syrian Aramaic(Palest, Syr) ʔarʕ-
Aramaic(Emp) ʔrq, (Nab, Palm) ʔrʕ, (Bibl) ʔăraʕ, ʔăraq (BDB 1083)
PunicʾrṣN.Pu. ʾrṣt (T 32)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ʾrḍ
Biblical Aramaicʔăraʕ (HALOT 90)*ʔăraq (HALOT 90)gloss withheld
Moabiteʔrṣ (DNWSI 110)gloss withheld

Arabic2

Arabicʔarḍ-
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʾrḍʾrḍt (Al-Jallad 2026, 8)gloss withheld

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Epigraphic South Arabianʔrḍ (Sabaweb lemma 1284)Qat. ʔrḍ (Ricks 1982 s.v. ʔrḍ)Sab ʾrḍt (SD 7)gloss withheld

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1

Jibbaliʔerḍ

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon