gādaʿ גָּדַע ‘to cut down/off’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

gādaʿ v
1) to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off
 1a) (Qal) to hew, chop in two
 1b) (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off
 1c) (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two
 1d) (Pual) to chop down, hew down