Proto-Semitic root
*ṣbw
‘to wish, desire’
di Mino’s gloss: to desire, wish, long for
Record 3456 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
PS *ṣbw ‘to wish, to desire’ (Kogan 2015: 95 apud SEDonline 2075). Arb. ṣabiyy- ‘a youth’ (Lane 1650 apud SEDonline 2075) mirrors the semantic evolution of PWS *ptw ‘to desire’ (> Arb. fataⁿ ‘youth’) (SEDonline 2075). Cf. 2727 *ṣVbVġ- ‘to dip, dye’ (Akk. ṣabû ‘to soak’, another verb).
Reflexes6 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianṣabû (AHw. 1073, CAD Ṣ 119 apud SEDonline 2075)gloss withheld
- Eblaitic/ṣubyān/: name zu-ba-an (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 214)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic3
- Hebrew*צבה, in צְבִי (HALOT 997)gloss withheld
- Amoriteṣbʾ: ṣabaʾum, ṣabiʾum, ṣabuʾum, ṣabʾum, ṣibʾum, fem. ṣibʾatum, ṣubʾum (Gelb AS 21, 34)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicצבה (HALOT BArm. s.v. צבה)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicṣbw (Lane 1649 apud SEDonline 2075)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.