Proto-Semitic root
*sVʿVd-
‘support’
di Mino’s gloss: to support, help; good fortune
Record K0405 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes7 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadiansêdu ‘support’Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd
Northwest Semitic4
- AramaicSʿD ‘help’Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd
- Hebrewsaʿad ‘support’Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd
- Amoritesʿd (Huffmon APNM 245)s-ʿ-d: cf. sa-a-di-ia, ia-ás-ta-aḫ-di-el (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 191)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicsʿd pa. (HALOT BArm. s.v. סעד)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicsaʕida ‘happy’sāʕadahu ‘he aided, assisted, helped him’ (Lane 1360)Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic sʿd (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 119)sʿdHismaic sʿdDadanitic sʿdDumaitic sʿdThamudic B sʿd (Al-Jallad 2026, 128)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.