Proto-Semitic root
*bayt-
‘house’
di Mino’s gloss: house, household, estate; temple
Record 652 ↗ · SED semet 637 · Basis: SED
In Linear A2 entries
Reflexes24 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianbītu, bētu
- Eblaiticba-du (VE 336; Krebernik 1983: 14 apud SEDonline 1383)ba-da-a, ba-da-ga, ba-zu /bayt/: names ba-da, ba-du, ba-ti/bīt/: names du-bí(NE)-ti, a-ma-bí(NE)-du (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 135)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic9
- Ugariticbt
- Phoenicianb(y)t
- Hebrewbayit
- Aramaic(Palest) bayt-, bet-, (Nab, Palm) byt
- Punicbt, byt (T 58)gloss withheld
- CanaaniteMoab bt (DNWSI 156)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicbaytā (Payne Smith 43)
- Amoritebīt (Buck 2019, 325; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 135)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicbayit (HALOT 124)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicbayt- (Lane 280)
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic bt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 62)Dadanitic btHismaic bt lt (Al-Jallad 2026, 31)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South Arabianbyt (Sabaweb lemma 1285)Qat. byt (Ricks 1982 s.v. byt)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian10
- Mehribeyt, bêt
- Soqotribeyt
- Tigrebet
- Geezbet
- Jibbalibet
- Amharicbēt
- Tigrinyabet
- Modern South ArabianMehri a-bətk (OLA80 §33.9)gloss withheld
- Guragebet (OLA80 §31.17)gloss withheld
- Argobbabedu (OLA80 §32.28)gloss withheld
Beyond Semitic1
- GreekΒυτυλλιον (OLA80 §21.9)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.