# \*ʕaqrab-: 'scorpion'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕaqrab-, 'scorpion': reflexes in 14 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕaqrab- |
| Meaning | 'scorpion' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕaqrab- 'scorpion' (BK 2, 317); ʕaḳrabāʔ-, ʕuḳrubān-, ʕuḳrubbān- \[BK 2 317\] | BK 2, 317; BK 2 317 |  |
| Akkadian | aqrabu (CAD A/2 207) | CAD A/2 207 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʕqrb \[Tropper UG 284\] | Tropper UG 284 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕaqrāb (HALOT 875) | HALOT 875 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | ʕqrb (DNWSI 883) | DNWSI 883 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ʿarqab (OLA80 §27.13) | OLA80 §27.13 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʿaqrab (LGz. 68) | LGz. 68 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕaḳrabbā \[Ja. 1109, Sok. B 878\]; ʕḳrb \[DJPA 417a apud CAL\] | Ja. 1109, Sok. B 878; DJPA 417a; CAL |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʕeḳḳarbā \[Brock. 544\] | Brock. 544 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | arḳba \[DM 39\] | DM 39 |  |
| Tigrinya | ʕənḳərbit \[K Tna. 1884\] | K Tna. 1884 |  |
| Jibbali | ʕaḳréb \[Bittner 16\] | Bittner 16 |  |
| Amharic | aḳrab \[K 1185\] | K 1185 |  |
| Amorite | ʿaqrab: aq-ra-ba (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 76) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 76 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

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

## Linked from

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

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