# \*dabr-: 'mountain valley'

> Proto-Semitic *dabr-, 'mountain valley': reflexes in 12 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 | \*dabr- |
| Meaning | 'mountain valley' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3047 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tigre | däbǝr |  |  |
| Ugaritic | dbr |  | gloss withheld |
| Geez | däbǝr |  | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | dibr- |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | dobär |  | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | dabr- |  | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | dabr- |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | däbri (LGz. 121) | LGz. 121 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | däbrä (LGz. 121) | LGz. 121 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | däbər (LGz. 121) | LGz. 121 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | däbər (LGz. 121) | LGz. 121 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | dabr- (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 6) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 6 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Arabic dabrat- 'cultivated field' (LGz: &lt; dabr &lt; Gz). PWS \*dVbr- 'open country' (Kogan 2011, 190), with Ug. mdbr, Hbr. midbār (2753).

## Linked from

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

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