# \*ḳdḥ: 'to have inflammation'

> Proto-Semitic *ḳdḥ, 'to have inflammation': reflexes in 8 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>) › [Q](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/q/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḳdḥ |
| Meaning | 'to have inflammation' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2274 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḳdḥ (II) 'to sink into the socket (said of the eye); to deliberately make (one's horse) thin' \[BK 2 684\] | BK 2 684 |  |
| Akkadian | ḳidḫu, ḳudḫu SB \[AHw 921\]. | AHw 921 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ḲDA \[DM 404\], ḲHD \[ibid. 405\]; ḳudha \[ibid. 406\] | DM 404; DM 405; DM 406 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ḳadḥa \[LGz 421\] | LGz 421 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ḳaddaḥat (HALOT 1067) | HALOT 1067 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ḳädda. |  | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḳidḥā \[Ja 1315\], ḳadḥūtā, ḳaddaḥtā, ḳǝdīḥūtā \[Ja 1315\]; ḳdḥy, det. ḳdḥyth \[DJPA 474b apud CAL\] | Ja 1315; DJPA 474b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḳǝdiḥtā 'disease of the eye' \[Brock 645\] | Brock 645 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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