# \*ḳab- 'goblet'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: goblet, cup
- SED semet 1715
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/1610_goblet.md

## In Linear A

- [QA-PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) (qubaʿ): goblet, cup (vessel term on HT31 inventory)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: qabūtu

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: qbʿt (HALOT 1062)
- Phoenician: qbʿ (HALOT 1062)
- Syrian Aramaic: qubʿā (HALOT 1062)
- Hebrew: qubaʿat (T 283)
- Emar: qu-bá-ḫu /qubbaʿu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 150) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: qubʿat (HALOT 1062)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.