# \*dVbš- 'honey'

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

- Author's gloss: honey; syrup
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/d/2737_honey.md

## In Linear A

- [DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI/index.md>) (dibšu): honey, fruit syrup—commodity abbreviation of \*dibšu; rival dblt 'fig cake'. In personnel lists a separate single-sign abbreviation
- [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) (dišpu): honeyed oil (DI for dišpu 'honey')
- [OLE+QE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BQE~2BDI/index.md>): oil with flour and honey, a compound (A623)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: dišpu (CAD D 163) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: dǝbaš (HALOT 212) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: debšā (HALOT 212; Payne Smith 83)
- Aramaic: dūḇəšā (LGz. 122; DNWSI 240)
- Mandaic Aramaic: dubša (LGz. 122; MD 103)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: dibs- 'grape molasses' (BK 1, 667)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab dbs (Biella 80; Sabaweb lemma 3073) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Gafat: dəbsä (LGz. 122)
- Harari: dūs (LGz. 122)
- Tigrinya: däbäsä (LGz. 122) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: däbäsä (LGz. 122) (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: dabh (Kogan 2011, 241) (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: dəbš (Kogan 2011, 241) (gloss withheld)
- Geez: Epigraphic dbs (Kogan 2011, 241) (gloss withheld)
- Argobba: dims, dus (Leslau 1997:198‒199 apud SEDonline 769) (gloss withheld)

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