# \*ʾarbay-: 'locust'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾarbay-, 'locust': reflexes in 12 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾarbay- |
| Meaning | 'locust' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2321 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | ḥarbyēt \[JM 7\]. | JM 7 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ʔerbhíyoh \[LS 73\]; erbhíyoʰ (SLOnline 22045). | LS 73; SLOnline 22045 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | erbu (erebu, aribu), pl. erbû, erebû, arabû OB on \[CAD e 256\], \[AHw. 234\] | CAD e 256; AHw. 234 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | harbēt (pl. hárbi, rebáyten) \[JH 3\]. | JH 3 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʔirby \[DULAT 96\] | DULAT 96 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ʔírbɔ́t \[JJ 4\]. | JJ 4 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʔarbǟ (HALOT 83), pB. \[Ja. 114\]. | HALOT 83; Ja. 114 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. ʔrby \[SD 7; Sabaweb lemma 2991\] | SD 7; Sabaweb lemma 2991 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | Anc. ʔrbh \[HJ 101\] | HJ 101 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ir-bí-núm \[Kreb. 34\]; cf. ir-bí-núm /ʾirbiyn/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 38); ir-bí-núm /ʿerbênum/ (= Sum. bir₅-KUR) (VE 1094; Bonechi 2008, 17) | Kreb. 34; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 38; VE 1094; Bonechi 2008, 17 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ʔirbiyān- (SED II 16) | SED II 16 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔarbītā (SED II 16) | SED II 16 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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