# \*ʕakbar-: 'mouse, jerboa'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕakbar-, 'mouse, jerboa': reflexes in 8 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>) › [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕakbar- |
| Meaning | 'mouse, jerboa' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2339 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕakābir- \[Fr. III 199\], \[TA XIII 122\], \[Q II 95\]. | Fr. III 199; TA XIII 122; Q II 95 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | akbaru (akkabaru) OB on \[CAD a1 265\], \[AHw. 28\] | CAD a1 265; AHw. 28 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʿkbr (Krahmalkov 366–367) | Krahmalkov 366–367 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕakbār (HALOT 823), pB. \[Ja. 1078\] | HALOT 823; Ja. 1078 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕakbār (ʕakbǝrā) \[Ja. 1078\], \[Levy WT II 215\], \[Levy WTM III 645\], ʕkbr (det. ʕkbrh, ʕwkbrh) \[DJPA 406a apud CAL\], ʕkbrh \[DJPA 406a apud CAL\] // Sam. ʕkbr \[Tal 634\] | Ja. 1078; Levy WT II 215; Levy WTM III 645; DJPA 406a; CAL; Tal 634 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔagbǝrā, ʕuḳbǝrā (SED II 48) | SED II 48 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | NAssyr. uḳbra, NSyr. ʕâḳübrâ, ʕüḳbʼrâ, Tlk. ʕaḳubra, Ass. ʔāḳubra, JNA ʔaḳubra (SED II 48) | SED II 48 |  |
| Amorite | ʿakbar: cf. ḫa-ak-ba-ru-um; ak-ba-ri (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 74) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 74 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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