# \*ʕagb-: 'rump, buttocks'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕagb-, 'rump, buttocks': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕagb- |
| Meaning | 'rump, buttocks' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2001 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕaǧb- 'the sacrum (bone)' \[BK 2 174\]; cf. also ʔa-ʕǧab- 'that has protruding buttocks' \[ibid.\] | BK 2 174 |  |
| Soqotri | QADHUB maʕgǝ́boh, NOGED máʕgebɔh \[SSL LS 1451\]; maˁgéboʰ (SLOnline 3227) | SSL LS 1451; SLOnline 3227 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | PB ʕăgābā 'rump, buttocks' \[Ja 1040\] | Ja 1040 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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