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*daṯˀ- - grass; herb; spring
(Fronzaroli 1965a: 142, 148, 150, Fronzaroli 1968: 275; Fronzaroli 1969a: 275, 289, 299; Kogan 2011: 200; Kogan 2012: 231)
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Akkadian
dīšu
- growth, spring; grass
(CAD D 163, AHw. 173)
See discussion in Kogan 2012: 231
Hebrew
däšäˀ
- grass, herb
(HALOT 233)
Biblical Aramaic
ditˀā
- grass, herb
(HALOT 1856)
Syriac
tadˀā
- grass, herb
(LSyr. 816, SL 1624)
with a consonant metathesis
Arabic
daṯaˀiyy-
- spring rain
(Dozy I 424)
Sabaic
dṯˀ
- spring, spring harvest
(SD 36)
Minaean
dṯˀ
- spring, spring harvest
(LM 26)
Jibbali
dɔ́ṯεˀ
- spring rain
(JL 42)
Soqotri
dótə
- one of the four seasons of the year (approximately April-May-June), “spring”
(LS 137, CSOL I 530, CSOL II 451)