# \*ʿadi/\*qadu(m) 'until, as long as; faced with, alongside'

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

- Author's gloss: until, while, as far as; together with
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BF/S72_until_as_long_as_faced_with_alongside.md

## In Linear A

- [A-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DI/index.md>) (ʿadi): until, as far as (preposition)

## 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'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: adi; qadu(m) (OLA80 §58.11) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: (ʿ)adē: a-dè, a-ti, suff. a-ti-ma; AN.MA = a-dè ma-a-ti-a-mu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 95) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ʿd (OLA80 §58.11) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: ʿd (T 238) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿd]
- Hebrew: ʿad (HALOT 786)
- Phoenician: ʿd (T 238) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ʕad 'while, until; as far as' (Payne Smith 400)
- Mandaic Aramaic: ʾad (T 238)
- Judaic Aramaic: ʿad (T 238)
- Biblical Aramaic: ʿad (HALOT 786) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ʿd (SD 12; Biella 378) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʾəm-qədma (OLA80 §58.11) (gloss withheld)

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