# \*pyd: 'to die, perish; disaster'

> Proto-Semitic *pyd, 'to die, perish; disaster': reflexes in 2 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>) › [P](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/p/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pyd |
| Meaning | 'to die, perish; disaster' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | pîd (HALOT 925) | HALOT 925 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | fāda (Lane 2456); fāda (fyd, fwd), faid, faud (HALOT 925) | Lane 2456; HALOT 925 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Lane 2456 gives fāda with aor. yafūdu and, as also, aor. yafīdu (art. fyd). Tomback 262 reads Phoenician ypd 'you shall come to ruin' in KAI 2; Krahmalkov 110 reads hny bʿlk 'I, your king' there. HALOT 925 compares Syriac pād 'sink, vanish, be mistaken'.

## Linked from

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

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