# \*ṣVdaʕ-: 'split'

> Proto-Semitic *ṣVdaʕ-, 'split': reflexes in 3 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>) › [ṣ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tsade/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṣVdaʕ- |
| Meaning | 'split' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 542 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṣdʕ \[-a-\] (Lane 1663) | Lane 1663 |  |
| Libyco-Berber | zḍāg (OLA80 §63.3) | OLA80 §63.3 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | D-stem ṣuddū (OLA80 §63.3) | OLA80 §63.3 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Lipiński joins Arabic ṣadaʿa 'to break' to Libyco-Berber zḍāg 'to camp', i.e. to break a journey, and to Assyro-Babylonian D-stem ṣuddū 'to supply with food' (OLA80 §63.3). HALOT puts ṣuddû instead beside Hebrew II ṣyd hitp. 'to take along as provisions for a journey' and Arabic zwd II 'to supply with provisions for a journey' (HALOT 1020), with Ugaritic mṣd 'food, food-offering' (HALOT 1021); DULAT reads mṣd (I) as '(feast / banquet of) game' &lt; /ṣ-d/ (DULAT, 578), the root of 847.

## Linked from

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

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