# \*mdd: 'stretch, spread, measure; garment, cloak' > Proto-Semitic *mdd, 'stretch, spread, measure; garment, cloak': reflexes in 14 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [M](). Updated 2026-11-04. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*mdd | | Meaning | 'stretch, spread, measure; garment, cloak' | | Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected | | SED | SEDonline semet 872 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | mdd u 'spread' (Lane 2695), mudd- 'measure' (Lane 2697) | Lane 2695; Lane 2697 | | | Akkadian | madād- | | gloss withheld | | Tigre | mädda | | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | mdd; /maddatu/ (UVST 145); md (DULAT 518) | UVST 145; DULAT 518 | gloss withheld | | Geez | madada | | gloss withheld | | Phoenician | mdt (Krahmalkov 272) | Krahmalkov 272 | gloss withheld | | Punic | mdd (T 166); N.Pu. md, in bmd (T 166) | T 166 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | mādad, mdd hitpo; \*מַד (HALOT 546) | HALOT 546 | gloss withheld | | Amharic | mädämmädä | | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab md-t (Sabaweb lemma 4513) | Sabaweb lemma 4513 | gloss withheld | | Tigrinya | mädmädä | | gloss withheld | | Amorite | mdd (Huffmon APNM 229) | Huffmon APNM 229 | gloss withheld | | Soqotri | med (T 166) | T 166 | | | Judaic Aramaic | mdʔ 'the priest's cloak' (Jastrow 731) | Jastrow 731 | | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes HALOT 546 derives \*מַד 'gown, robe' from מדד. ## Linked from - [M]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/860_stretch_spread_measure_garment_cloak/ 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.