# \*paqād- 'entrust, trust' 1, 'miss, lose' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to attend to, entrust, appoint; provide for; to miss, lose
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/K0256_entrust_trust_1_miss_lose_2.md

## In Linear A

- [PI-\*34-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-*34-TE/index.md>) (piqitti): provisions, provisioning (allocation entry); rivals bayti 'house', a recipient name

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: paqādu 'entrust' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqd]

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: PQD (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. pqd) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqd]
- Hebrew: paqad 'attend' (BDB 823) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqd]
- Punic: pqd; N.Pu. mpqd (T 192) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqd]
- Ugaritic: pqd 'command' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqd]
- Syrian Aramaic: pqad 'visit, inspect; command, order' (Payne Smith 454)
- Phoenician: pḳd (DNWSI 932); pqd (T 271); mpqd 1 (Krahmalkov 302) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: JPA pḳd (DJPA 442 apud SEDonline 1823); JBA pḳd (DJBA 924 apud SEDonline 1823); pqdwn (DNWSI 933) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: pḳd (MD 376) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: pqd: japqid, pāqidum, fem. piqdatum (Gelb AS 21, 28) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: faqada (HALOT 955) (gloss withheld)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic fqd 2; tfqd 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 46) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. fḳd (SD 45 apud SEDonline 1823) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: faḳada (CDG 163, LLA 1360 apud SEDonline 1823) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: fäḳädä (TED 2300 apud SEDonline 1823) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: fäḳḳädä (AED 2300 apud SEDonline 1823) (gloss withheld)
- Harari: fāḳädä, täfāḳädä (EDH 63 apud SEDonline 1823) (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: fəḳáwd (ML 91 apud SEDonline 1823) (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.