Adûnaic

saphad-

verb. to understand

A verb attested only in the form usaphda “he understood”, an aorist inflection with the 3rd person masculine pronominal prefix u- (SD/421). Archaically its aorist form underwent phonetic changes to become †saptha, but it was later reformed to be consistent with other inflections of the verb (such as the past tense ✱sapphada).

Derivations

  • √Ad. SAPHAD “understand” ✧ SD/421

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√Ad. SAPHAD > usaptha[usapʰda] > [usapʰtʰa] > [usapʰθa] > [usafθa]✧ SD/421