# \*ṭayb- 'good' 1, 'perfume' 2

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

- Author's gloss: good, pleasant; perfume
- SED semet 3028
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AD/2494_good_1_perfume_2.md

## In Linear A

- [DA-I-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I-PI-TA/index.md>) (Ṭayyibat): Good (f.) (personal name)
- [OLE+TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BTA/index.md>) (ṭābu): fine-grade olive oil; 'good oil' as an administrative quality designation
- [TU-PA-DI-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-PA-DI-DA/index.md>) (ṭūb-dida): the best of beer (compound; ṭūb 'the best of' + dida 'beer extract')

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ṭāb- 1 (AHw 1377); ṭiābu 1 (CAD Ṭ 34) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṭwb]
- Eblaitic: da-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-pi; du-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)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: ṭab- 1 (MD 172)
- Ugaritic: ṭb 1
- Biblical Aramaic: ṭāb 1 (CAL s.v. ṭb)
- Hebrew: ṭōb 1; ṭowb 1 (BDB 373); ṭôb 2 (HALOT 371) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṭwb]
- Syrian Aramaic: ṭāb- 1 (Payne Smith 165)
- Aramaic: Pal ṭb 1 (DJPA 219a apud CAL); ṬWB 1 (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ṭwb) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṭwb]
- Amorite: ṭābum, 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-šar; ṭawb, ṭayb: ta-a-ba, ṭà-ab-su-mu-ú, la-da-bu-um (Ur III) 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 311–312) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: N.Pu. myṭb 1 (T 175); Neo-Punic myṭbʾ 1 (Krahmalkov 278) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ṭayyib- 1; ṭāba 1 (gloss withheld)
- Modern Arabic: Mec ṭayyib, Malt tayyip 1
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ṭb 1; Hismaic ṭb 1 (Al-Jallad 2026, 161) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Min ṭyb 1 (LM 100 apud SEDonline 116); hṭbw 1 (SD 154) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: ṭāyeb 1 (HALOT 370)

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