# \*ʾ/waḥad- 1, \*wḥd 2: 'one, alone' 1, 'unite' 2

> Proto-Semitic *ʾ/waḥad- 1, *wḥd 2, 'one, alone' 1, 'unite' 2: reflexes in 26 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾ/waḥad- 1, \*wḥd 2 |
| Meaning | 'one, alone' 1, 'unite' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3058 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʔaḥad-, wāḥid- (wḥd); ʔiḥdā (LGz. 13); waḥīd (LGz. 610) | LGz. 13; LGz. 610 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | wǝḥáyd JM 425 | JM 425 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | wēd- (AHw 1494); ēdu (wēdu) (CAD E 36) | AHw 1494; CAD E 36; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾḥd | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | had; hda (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʔaḥd /ʾaḥadu/? (UVST 105); yḥd (HALOT 405); aḥt (LGz. 13) | UVST 105; HALOT 405; LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Wol add |  |  |
| Geez | ʔaḥadu (wḥd) (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63); ʔaḥatti (LGz. 13); wāḥəd (LGz. 609) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63; LGz. 13; LGz. 609 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | Sod att (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63); ḥad (LGz. 12) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63; LGz. 12 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | ḥad |  |  |
| Modern Arabic | Leb wǝḥad |  |  |
| Phoenician | ʔḥd; lḥdy 1 (T 156); ʔḥt (LGz. 13) | T 156; LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | Urm ḥad- |  |  |
| Jibbali | šēḥad |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʔǟḥad (yḥd); ʔaḥaṯ (LGz. 13); yāḥīḏ (LGz. 610) | LGz. 13; LGz. 610 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | and (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63); andit (LGz. 13) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63; LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ʔḥd (Sabaweb lemma 1762); wḥd (HALOT 406); k-wḥd (SD 159); ʔḥt (LGz. 13) | Sabaweb lemma 1762; HALOT 406; SD 159; LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Harari | aḥad (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḥad-; ḥəḏā (LGz. 13); īḥīḏā (LGz. 610) | LGz. 13; LGz. 610 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | ǝǯǯä |  |  |
| Aramaic | Pal ḥaḏ; ḥd, YḤD (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ḥd; DNWSI 454 apud CAL); ḥăḏā (LGz. 13) | Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ḥd; DNWSI 454; CAL; LGz. 13; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾḥd | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | hand |  |  |
| Tigrinya | ḥadä (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63); ḥanti (LGz. 13) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 63; LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | waḥada (HALOT 405); ḥatte, ḥante (LGz. 13) | HALOT 405; LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ʾḥd; N.Pu. ḥd, ʾd, d (T 10); ʾḥdy (T 11); ʾḥt (T 11); Neo-Punic iaed 1 (Krahmalkov 206) | T 10; T 11; Krahmalkov 206; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾḥd | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic wḥd (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 139); ʾḥd, twḥd; Hismaic wḥd 1 (Al-Jallad 2026, 165) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 139; Al-Jallad 2026 165 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | yaḥad (Buck 2019, 334) | Buck 2019, 334 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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