*ʕarḳūb-: '(Achilles') tendon'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ʕurḳūb- 'Achilles tendon; hock; the tibia (in certain birds); elbow' [BK 2 232]	BK 2 232
Mehri	ʔārḳayb ḏǝ-fām [JM 28]	JM 28	gloss withheld
Harsusi	ʔarḳáyb ḏe-fām [JH 10]	JH 10
Modern Aramaic	MAL ʕarḳūba 'name of the rocks above' [Berg 6]	Berg 6
Hebrew	PB ʕarḳūb 'hough, ham, the inner part of the knee, the inner angle of the joint which unites the thigh and the leg of an animal' [Ja 1123]	Ja 1123
Syrian Aramaic	ʕarḳūbā 'knee(?), heel, Achilles tendon' [Brock 551]	Brock 551
Tigre	tärḳoba [LH 308]; tərḳub, tärḳub [LH 308]	LH 308	gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026