# \*ʾar(V)ṣ̂- 'earth'

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

- Author's gloss: earth, land
- SED semet 771
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/768_earth.md

## In Linear A

- [A-RA-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-TU/index.md>) (ʾarṣ̂atu): earth (feminine noun—PS \*ʾar(V)ṣ̂- "earth")
- [A-RA-TU-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-TU-ME/index.md>) (ʾarṣ̂atum): earth (feminine noun with mimation—cf. Akk. erṣetum)
- [A-RE-TU-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-TU-MI/index.md>) (ʾarṣ̂-ummī): Earth is my mother (NWS theophoric compound PN; pre-Greek Artemis)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: erṣetu (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.3.2 no. 22)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: arq-, ard-
- Ugaritic: ʔarṣ /ʾarṣu/ (UVST 110) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ʔrṣ (T 31–32)
- Hebrew: ʔereṣ
- Syrian Aramaic: (Palest, Syr) ʔarʕ-
- Aramaic: (Emp) ʔrq, (Nab, Palm) ʔrʕ, (Bibl) ʔăraʕ, ʔăraq (BDB 1083)
- Punic: ʾrṣ; N.Pu. ʾrṣt (T 32) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾrḍ]
- Biblical Aramaic: ʔăraʕ (HALOT 90); *ʔăraq (HALOT 90) (gloss withheld)
- Moabite: ʔrṣ (DNWSI 110) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʔarḍ-
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ʾrḍ; ʾrḍt (Al-Jallad 2026, 8) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

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

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Jibbali: ʔerḍ

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