Proto-Semitic root
*ṭayb-
‘good’ 1, ‘perfume’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: good, pleasant; perfume
Record 2494 ↗ · SED semet 3028 · Basis: SED, meaning edited
In Linear A3 entries
Reflexes15 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianṭāb- 1 (AHw 1377)ṭiābu 1 (CAD Ṭ 34)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ṭwb
- Eblaiticda-bù 1 (VE 62, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 681 apud SEDonline 116; Krebernik 1983, 3)/ṭ-w/y-b/: cf. names i-ti-ib, i-ti-NE(bí?)da-bù, la da-bù-du (pl.) /ṭawb, ṭayb//ṭuwb/: names dub-bí, dub-da-ar, ar-du-pidu-bù-du, du-bù-a-tum /ṭuwbāt, ṭuwbūt, ṭuwbuwat/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 311–312)/ṭāb-/ (?): name dab-ar-ru₁₂ 1 (Krebernik 1988, 45)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic8
- Mandaic Aramaicṭab- 1 (MD 172)
- Ugariticṭb 1
- Biblical Aramaicṭāb 1 (CAL s.v. ṭb)
- Hebrewṭōb 1ṭowb 1 (BDB 373)ṭôb 2 (HALOT 371)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ṭwb
- Syrian Aramaicṭāb- 1 (Payne Smith 165)
- AramaicPal ṭb 1 (DJPA 219a apud CAL)ṬWB 1 (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ṭwb)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ṭwb
- Amoriteṭābum, ṭābatum, ṭābtum, ṭāba 1 (Gelb AS 21, 35)ṭāba 1 (Buck 2019, 333)ṭ-w/y-b: ia-ṭà-bu-um, ta-da-ab-e-šarṭawb, ṭayb: ta-a-ba, ṭà-ab-su-mu-ú, la-da-bu-um (Ur III) 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 311–312)gloss withheld
- PunicN.Pu. myṭb 1 (T 175)Neo-Punic myṭbʾ 1 (Krahmalkov 278)gloss withheld
Arabic3
- Arabicṭayyib- 1ṭāba 1gloss withheld
- Modern ArabicMec ṭayyib, Malt tayyip 1
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ṭb 1Hismaic ṭb 1 (Al-Jallad 2026, 161)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianMin ṭyb 1 (LM 100 apud SEDonline 116)hṭbw 1 (SD 154)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Tigreṭāyeb 1 (HALOT 370)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.