# \*dwy/ʾ (-a-) 1, \*diʾ- 2: 'to be ill, sick' 1, 'grave disease' 2 > Proto-Semitic *dwy/ʾ (-a-) 1, *diʾ- 2, 'to be ill, sick' 1, 'grave disease' 2: reflexes in 12 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [D](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*dwy/ʾ (-a-) 1, \*diʾ- 2 | | Meaning | 'to be ill, sick' 1, 'grave disease' 2 | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 914 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | dwy (a) 'be sick' \[BK 1 755\]; dwʔ do. \[ibid. 746\], dawāʔ- 'remedy, medicine', daw-an, dāʔ- 'illness' | BK 1 755; BK 746 | | | Akkadian | diʔu OB on \[CAD d 165\], \[AHw 174\]; dāwûm OB \[AHw 166\]. | CAD d 165; AHw 174; AHw 166 | gloss withheld | | Mandaic Aramaic | DWA \[DM 103\] | DM 103 | gloss withheld | | Modern Aramaic | (?) HRT dywn \[JHert 209\] | | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | dwy \[DULAT 281\]; dw \[ibid.\], mdw \[Aist 76\] | DULAT 281; Aist 76 | gloss withheld | | Geez | dawaya, dawya \[LGz 145\] | LGz 145 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | dāwā (HALOT 216); dāwǟ (HALOT 216) | HALOT 216 | gloss withheld | | Amharic | däwwäyä \[K 1822\]. | K 1822 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | dǝwā 'to mourn', (itpe) 'to feel pain, groan' \[Ja 284\] | Ja 284 | | | Syrian Aramaic | dǝwī, dǝwā 'was weak, wretched' \[Brock 143\] | Brock 143 | | | Tigrinya | däwäya 'to become ill' \[Bass 792\] | Bass 792 | | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic dwy (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 65) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 65 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [D]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/d/898_to_be_ill_sick_1_grave_disease_2/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.