# \*dap-an-, \*dapp-at-: 'side of body; chest, ribs; back'

> Proto-Semitic *dap-an-, *dapp-at-, 'side of body; chest, ribs; back': reflexes in 11 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>) › [D](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/d/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*dap-an-, \*dapp-at- |
| Meaning | 'side of body; chest, ribs; back' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2034 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | daff-, daffat- 'side, flank; face' \[BK 1 711\]; cf. dafāʔ- 'arched back, humped' \[ibid. 711\] | BK 1 711; BK 711 |  |
| Mehri | dǝf(f)ēt \[JM 63\] | JM 63 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | défeh \[LS 133\]; QALAN-V dɛ́fǝh \[SSL LS 1454\] | LS 133; SSL LS 1454 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | deffét \[JH 23\] | JH 23 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | däffät \[LH 545\] | LH 545 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | dupna \[DM 105\] | DM 105 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | SEL WOL däfäna \[LGur 201\] | LGur 201 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | GOG däfäna \[ibid.\] |  |  |
| Hebrew | PB dōpān 'the chest surrounding the lungs; ribs; a single rib; the parties of the abdomen; board-partition' \[Ja 287\] | Ja 287 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | dōpǝnā, dāpǝnā \[ibid.\] |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | dapnā 'side, loin' \[Brock 162\] | Brock 162 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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