# \*gady-: 'kid'

> Proto-Semitic *gady-, 'kid': reflexes in 11 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>) › [G](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*gady- |
| Meaning | 'kid' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1973 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ǯady- 'kid; Capricorn (sign of the Zodiac)', ǯadāyat- 'gazelle; young of a gazelle' \[BK 1 267\], \[Lane 393\], \[LA XIV 135\]. | BK 1 267; Lane 393; LA XIV 135 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | gadia \[DM 73\]. | DM 73 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | gdy (gd) \[DULAT 292\] | DULAT 292 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | gdʔ \[T 63\], \[Krah. 136\] | T 63; Krah. 136 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | gǝdī (HALOT 178), gǝdiyyā (HALOT 178); pB. \[Ja. 211\], gǝdiyyā \[ibid. 212\] | HALOT 178; Ja. 211; Ja. 212 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | gǝdī (det. gadyā) \[Ja. 211\], \[Levy WTM I 301\]; gǝdī (det. gdyyh) \[DJPA 121a apud CAL\]. | Ja. 211; Levy WTM I 301; DJPA 121a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | gadyā 'kid (young goat)' \[Brock. 104\], \[PS 653\]. | Brock. 104; PS 653 |  |
| Aramaic | Anc. gdh \[HJ 213\] | HJ 213 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | Maʕl. ɣaḏya, NSyr. gidyâ, Krd. gɨdya, JNA gid/ḏya, Tlk. gɨdya, Ass. gidya (SED II 114) | SED II 114 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʾgdy (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 40) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 40 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | gdʔ (DNWSI 213) | DNWSI 213 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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