# \*ʾarnab(-at)-: 'hare'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾarnab(-at)-, 'hare': reflexes in 14 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 | \*ʾarnab(-at)- |
| Meaning | 'hare' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2323 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʔarnab-, pl. ʔarānib-, ʔarānin 'hare' \[BK 1 27\], \[Fr. I 29\], \[Lane 1164\], \[LA I 343-4\]. | BK 1 27; Fr. I 29; Lane 1164; LA I 343-4 |  |
| Mehri | ḥarnáyb \[JM 7\]. | JM 7 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | arnabu (annabu) OAkk. on \[CAD a2 294\], \[AHw. 70\] | CAD a2 294; AHw. 70 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ḥeynēb, -ynáyb \[JH 3\]. | JH 3 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʔarnab, ʔarnāb \[LGz. 38\]. | LGz. 38 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | End. arbäññä, Wol. arbäñño, Msq. Sod. arbaññä, Sel. arṗanno, Gog. arwaññä \[LGur. 85\]. | LGur. 85 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ʔɛrní \[JJ 4\]. | JJ 4 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʔarnäbät (HALOT 90), pB. \[Ja. 123\] | HALOT 90; Ja. 123 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʔarnabtā (ʔarnǝbā) \[Ja. 123\], \[Levy WT I 67\], \[Levy WTM I 170\], ʔrnb \[DJPA 76a apud CAL\], ʔrnbh \[DJPA 76a apud CAL\]. | Ja. 123; Levy WT I 67; Levy WTM I 170; DJPA 76a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Harari | ḥarbāñño \[LHar.85\]. |  | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔarnǝbā 'hare' \[Brock. 50\], \[PS 393\]. | Brock. 50; PS 393 |  |
| Aramaic | Anc. ʔrnb \[HJ 110\] | HJ 110 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | arnab (DM 38 apud SED II 20) | DM 38; SED II 20 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ʾarnabum, ʾarnabatum (Gelb AS 21, 13); ʾarnab: ar-na-bu-um; ʾarnabat: ar-na-ba-tum/tim (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 40) | Gelb AS 21 13; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 40 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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