# \*ḏiʾb-: 'wolf'

> Proto-Semitic *ḏiʾb-, 'wolf': reflexes in 18 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>) › [ḏ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/dhal/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḏiʾb- |
| Meaning | 'wolf' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2377 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḏiʔb-, ḏīb- 'wolf; jackal' \[BK 1 760\], \[Fr. II 78\], \[Lane 949\], \[LA I 377\]. | BK 1 760; Fr. II 78; Lane 949; LA I 377 |  |
| Soqotri | díb \[LS 120\]. | LS 120 |  |
| Akkadian | zību SB \[CAD z 106\], \[AHw. 1525\] | CAD z 106; AHw. 1525 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | diba \[DM 106\]. | DM 106 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | zǝʔb \[LGz. 630\]. | LGz. 630 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ḏib \[LS 120\], díb \[Nakano 117\]. | LS 120; Nakano 117 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | zǝʔēb (HALOT 260), pB. \[Ja. 377\] | HALOT 260; Ja. 377 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ǯǝb \[K 1863\]. | K 1863 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | dēbā \[Ja. 294\], \[Levy WT I 169\], \[Levy WTM I 370\], dēb, dǝbū \[Ja. 276\], \[Levy WTM I 370\], dyb \[DJPA 144b apud CAL\]. // Sam. dyb \[Tal 179\]. | Ja. 294; Levy WT I 169; Levy WTM I 370; Ja. 276; DJPA 144b; CAL; Tal 179 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | dēbā, dʔybʔ, dybʔ 'wolf' \[Brock. 137\], \[PS 801\]. | Brock. 137; PS 801 |  |
| Aramaic | D.-Alla \[z\]ʔ̣ḅ \[Hackett 129\] | Hackett 129 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | zǝbʔi 'hyena' \[Bass. 732\]. | Bass. 732 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | Maʕl. ḏēba, Mlḥ. divo, Hrt. dewa, Jil. diwa, Krd. de:wa, NSyr. diwâ, Azr. dewa, NAssyr. dīvä, JNA dēwa, Tur. dēwo (SED II 106) | SED II 106 |  |
| Argobba | (South) ǧu (LGz. 630) | LGz. 630 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ḏʾb (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 65) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 65 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | zebi (Leslau 1945:180 apud SEDonline 620) | Leslau 1945:180; SEDonline 620 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ḏiʾb, ḏīb: zi-bu-um, zi-ba-an, zi-ib-a-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 159) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 159 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /ḏiʾb, ḏīb/: names šè-bù, šè-ì-bù, šè-íb-zé (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 159) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 159 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PES \*zVʔb- 'hyena' (Gez. zəʔb, Tna. zəbʔi, Amh. ǯəb) goes back to PS \*ḏiʔb- 'wolf, jackal' (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §4.1 no. 17).

## Linked from

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

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