# \*sVʿVd- 'support'

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

- Author's gloss: to support, help; good fortune
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/s/K0405_support.md

## In Linear A

- [TE-SU-DE-SE-KE-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-SU-DE-SE-KE-I/index.md>) (tesʾad šeqī): she serves; give (him) drink!

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: sêdu 'support' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd]

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: SʿD 'help' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd]
- Hebrew: saʿad 'support' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd]
- Amorite: sʿd (Huffmon APNM 245); s-ʿ-d: cf. sa-a-di-ia, ia-ás-ta-aḫ-di-el (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 191) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: sʿd pa. (HALOT BArm. s.v. סעד) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: saʕida 'happy'; sāʕadahu 'he aided, assisted, helped him' (Lane 1360) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sʿd]
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic sʿd (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 119); sʿd; Hismaic sʿd; Dadanitic sʿd; Dumaitic sʿd; Thamudic B sʿd (Al-Jallad 2026, 128) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.