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Root q-d-š

Ugaritic Phoenician

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎖-𐎄-𐎌𐤒-𐤃-𐤔. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎖-𐎄-𐎌
  • 𐎖𐎄𐎌qdšadj
    holy, sacred
  • 𐎖𐎄𐎌qdšname
    Qudshu, Qetesh (goddess)

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤒-𐤃-𐤔
  • 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤍noun
    the holy ones
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Canonical root family: q-d-š