# \*ʕarḳūb-: '(Achilles') tendon'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕarḳūb-, '(Achilles') tendon': reflexes in 7 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕarḳūb- |
| Meaning | '(Achilles') tendon' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2008 |

## Reflexes

| 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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## Linked from

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

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