# \*rVdVʾ- 'pursue' 1, 'help' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to help, assist; pursue
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/r/K0343_pursue_1_help_2.md

## In Linear A

- [RI-DA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-DA-U/index.md>) (Ridāyu): Ridāyu 'Helper, Escort' (personal name, hypocoristic)

## Notes

PS *rdˀ 'to drive, to follow; to help' (Kogan–Krebernik 2021a 380 apud SEDonline 2134). LGz. 462 keeps radʾa I 'help' apart from radʾa II 'pursue' (Akk. redû, Ass. radāʾu). Arabic radiʾa 'be bad' is 911.

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: radaʾa 'he helped, aided, or assisted, him' 2 (Lane 1064); taraddaʾū 'they helped, aided, or assisted, one another' 2 (Lane 1065)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab hrdʾ 2 (SD 114; Biella 480); rdʾ, trdʾ 2 (SD 115; Biella 480) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: radʾa 1 (LGz. 462); radʾa 2 (LGz. 462) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root rdʾ]
- Soqotri: ródi (LS 394; SLOnline 27682) (gloss withheld)

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