*ʕaqrab-: 'scorpion'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕaqrab-
Meaning'scorpion'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicʕaqrab- 'scorpion' (BK 2, 317); ʕaḳrabāʔ-, ʕuḳrubān-, ʕuḳrubbān- [BK 2 317]BK 2, 317; BK 2 317
Akkadianaqrabu (CAD A/2 207)CAD A/2 207gloss withheld
Ugariticʕqrb [Tropper UG 284]Tropper UG 284gloss withheld
Hebrewʕaqrāb (HALOT 875)HALOT 875gloss withheld
Aramaicʕqrb (DNWSI 883)DNWSI 883gloss withheld
Tigreʿarqab (OLA80 §27.13)OLA80 §27.13gloss withheld
Geezʿaqrab (LGz. 68)LGz. 68gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʕaḳrabbā [Ja. 1109, Sok. B 878]; ʕḳrb [DJPA 417a apud CAL]Ja. 1109, Sok. B 878; DJPA 417a; CAL
Syrian Aramaicʕeḳḳarbā [Brock. 544]Brock. 544
Mandaic Aramaicarḳba [DM 39]DM 39
Tigrinyaʕənḳərbit [K Tna. 1884]K Tna. 1884
Jibbaliʕaḳréb [Bittner 16]Bittner 16
Amharicaḳrab [K 1185]K 1185
Amoriteʿaqrab: aq-ra-ba (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 76)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 76gloss withheld

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Notes

Common MSA *ḳibīn- 'scorpion' (Mhr. ḳəbáyn, Jib. iṣ̃īn) is only remotely similar (Kogan 2011, 213).

Updated 22 October 2026

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