# \*ghd: 'to be manifest, appear'

> Proto-Semitic *ghd, 'to be manifest, appear': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ghd |
| Meaning | 'to be manifest, appear' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geez | gahada, gəhda (yəhgad); ʾaghada; gəhud (LGz. 185–186) | LGz. 185–186 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ʾajhada 'it rose up; rose into view; appeared'; ʾajhada lī l-qawmu 'the people, or company of men, came within my sight, or view'; ʾajhadat lahu l-ʾarḍu 'the land became open to him' (Lane 473) | Lane 473 |  |

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## Notes

Lane 473 enters IV ʾajhada 'it appeared' in the article of jahada 'he strove, laboured'. Not 1174 \*gVhad- 'work'.

## Linked from

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

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