*ʕsb: 'to hire; hire, wages'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ʿasaba 'he gave hire for a stallion's covering'; ʿasb 'the hire that is taken for a stallion's covering' (Lane 2041)	Lane 2041
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab ʿs3b; ʿs3b (Biella 386); ʿs3b (SD 21)	Biella 386; SD 21	gloss withheld
Geez	ʿasaba; ʿasb (LGz. 72)	LGz. 72	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	(tä)ʿasbä; ʿasbi (LGz. 72)	LGz. 72	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

LGz. 72 holds it possible that the Arabic and Sabaic sense comes from 'a stallion's covering of a mare'.

Updated 26 October 2026