Proto-Semitic root
*wad-
‘love, want’
di Mino’s gloss: to love; beloved, friend
Record 993 ↗ · SED semet 1018 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes14 languages
Northwest Semitic5
- Ugariticydd
- Hebrewydd
- Amoritejdd: jadīdum, jadīda, mūdadum (Gelb AS 21, 21)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicyaded ‘love’ (Payne Smith 186)
- AramaicOArm. mwdd (HALOT 388)
Arabic2
- Arabicwdd [-a-] (Lane 2931)
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic wd (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 147)mwd, wdtwddwdtDadanitic wddwdHismaic wdd, wdDumaitic wddThamudic C wddwddThamudic D wdd, wdThamudic wdDhofari wd (Al-Jallad 2026, 163)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab wdd (Biella 121) (Sabaweb lemma 5349)Qat. wdm (Ricks 1982 s.v. wdm)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian6
- Geezwdd (LGz. 604)gloss withheld
- Harariwädäda (v.) [LHar 157]gloss withheld
- Amharicwäddädä (LGz. 604)
- Tigrinyatäwadädä (LGz. 604)
- Argobbawäddäda (LGz. 604)
- Guragewädädä (LGz. 604)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.