*bdʾ: 'to invent, make up' 1, 'to lie' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*bdʾ
Meaning'to invent, make up' 1, 'to lie' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewbdˀ 1 (HALOT 109 apud SEDonline 1250)HALOT 109; SEDonline 1250gloss withheld
AramaicOff. bdˀ 1, 2 (DNWSI 144)DNWSI 144gloss withheld
Judaic AramaicJPA bdˀ 1 (DJPA 85 apud SEDonline 1250); JBA baddāyā 2 (DJBA 186 apud SEDonline 441)DJPA 85; SEDonline 1250; DJBA 186; SEDonline 441gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicbdy 1, 2 (LSyr. 59; SL 119 apud SEDonline 1250)LSyr. 59; SL 119; SEDonline 1250gloss withheld
East EthiopicZwy. (a)buǯī 2 (EDG 134 apud SEDonline 1250)EDG 134; SEDonline 1250gloss withheld
Mehribədō 2 (ML 43 apud SEDonline 441)ML 43; SEDonline 441gloss withheld
Jibbalibédé 2 (JL 23 apud SEDonline 441)JL 23; SEDonline 441gloss withheld
Soqotribéde 2 (LS 82; SLOnline 3494)LS 82; SLOnline 3494gloss withheld
Ugaritic/b-d/ 1 (DULAT 210)DULAT 210gloss withheld

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Notes

PWS *bdˀ 'to lie' (DRS 44; Kogan 2015: 550 apud SEDonline 1250); Proto-MSA *bdy 'to lie' (SEDonline 441). Kogan 2015: 550 also sets up an areal *bdˀ 'to make for the first time, to begin' (apud SEDonline 1250), as SA001 *bdʾ 'beginning'.

Updated 4 November 2026

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