# \*dadd-, \*dayd-: 'breast, teat'

> Proto-Semitic *dadd-, *dayd-, 'breast, teat': reflexes in 6 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 | \*dadd-, \*dayd- |
| Meaning | 'breast, teat' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2027 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | dadānu (diadānu, daddānu) OB on \[CAD d 17\], \[AHw 148\]. | CAD d 17; AHw 148 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | dd \[Aist 75\] | Aist 75 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | ḤḌR dayd \[Land Ḥaḍr 579\]; NYEM dīdī \[Behnstedt 399\]; DAṮ dayd \[GD 896\] | Behnstedt 399; GD 896 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | dad, du. daddayim (HALOT 214) | HALOT 214 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | dad (det. daddā) \[Ja 280\]; dd \[DJPA 139b apud CAL\] | Ja 280; DJPA 139b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | EŽA MUH dadda; CHA ENN GYE data; END dattä (SED I 45) | SED I 45 |  |

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## Notes

Ugaritic 'breast, bosom' is ḏd (DULAT 282), in 2050; DULAT 262 reads dd as 'love, loved one'.

## Linked from

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

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