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PWS
*gd - to be good, lucky, excellent
(Kogan 2015: 191, Kogan 2015: 33, DRS 99‒100, 105‒106)
biconsonantal element
Words
Hebrew
gad
- fortune
(HALOT 176)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
gaddā
- luck
(DJPA 121)
Samaritan
gd
- fortune
(DSA 128)
Syriac
gaddā
- fortune, lot, fate
(LSyr. 104, SL 204)
Mandaic
gada
- fortune, success, luck
(MD 73)
Arabic
ǯadd-
- fortune
(Lane 385)
Arabic
ǯdd
- to be fortunate
(Lane 384)
Arabic
ǯwd
- to be good, approvable, excellent
(Lane 481)
Tigre
gäd
- luck, fortune
(WTS 602)
Tigrinya
gäddi
- luck, good luck or good fortune
(TED 2356)
Amharic
gädd
- luck
(AED 2034)
Soddo
gud
- wonderful, marvelous, splendid
(EDG 261)