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Arabic
maǯd- - glory, honor, dignity, nobility
(Lane 2690)
Reconstruction
PCS
*magd-
- excellence
(Kogan 2015: 193)
may be connected (as ma-prefix derivate) to biconsonantal element
*gd
“to be good, lucky, excellent”