# \*sVgVd-: 'prostrate'

> Proto-Semitic *sVgVd-, 'prostrate': reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*sVgVd- |
| Meaning | 'prostrate' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian Aramaic | səgeḏ (LGz. 490); sged (Payne Smith 360) | LGz. 490; Payne Smith 360 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | sgd (HALOT 741) | HALOT 741 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | sgd (HALOT 741) | HALOT 741 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | SGD (HALOT 741) | HALOT 741 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab s3gd (SD 137) | SD 137 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 741 and LGz. 490 take Arabic sajada and Geez sagada as loans from Aramaic sgd (Schwally, ZDMG 52, 134; Nöldeke 1910, 36), and Hebrew sāgaḏ 'to bow down in prayer' (Is 44:15, 17, 19; 46:6; HALOT 742) as an Aramaism (Wagner 85 no. 195). Tigrinya sägädä, Tigre sägda, Amharic säggädä, Harari sägäda and Gurage sägädä continue the Geez loan (LGz. 490).

## Linked from

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

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