# \*diry-/\*ʾaddar-: 'humped bull; dwarf-antelope'

> Proto-Semitic *diry-/*ʾaddar-, 'humped bull; dwarf-antelope': reflexes in 3 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>) › [D](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/d/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*diry-/\*ʾaddar- |
| Meaning | 'humped bull; dwarf-antelope' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1966 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ? diryānat- 'a kind of bull furnished with a hump' BK 1 694 | BK 1 694 |  |
| Akkadian | dudrū DRS |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | pl. ʔaddarit, sing. ʕätro, pl. ʕaṭärri; also ʕaṭro, ʔäṭro LH 489 (cf. Gez. ʕaṭro LGz. 77). = Som. | LH 489; LGz. 77 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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