Proto-Semitic root
*ʿadi/*qadu(m)
‘until, as long as; faced with, alongside’
di Mino’s gloss: until, while, as far as; together with
Record S72 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
OLA80 §58.11. Two prepositions used as temporal conjunctions: ʿadi ‘until/as long as’, qadu(m) ‘faced with/alongside’. Ugaritic ʿd tšbʿ ‘until she was sated’. Geez ʾi-hal-lona ʾəm-qədma ‘we did not exist till’.
Reflexes12 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianadiqadu(m) (OLA80 §58.11)gloss withheld
- Eblaitic(ʿ)adē: a-dè, a-ti, suff. a-ti-maAN.MA = a-dè ma-a-ti-a-mu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 95)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic8
- Ugariticʿd (OLA80 §58.11)gloss withheld
- Punicʿd (T 238)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ʿd
- Hebrewʿad (HALOT 786)
- Phoenicianʿd (T 238)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicʕad 'while, untilas far as' (Payne Smith 400)
- Mandaic Aramaicʾad (T 238)
- Judaic Aramaicʿad (T 238)
- Biblical Aramaicʿad (HALOT 786)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab ʿd (SD 12; Biella 378)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Geezʾəm-qədma (OLA80 §58.11)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.