# \*gab(b)īn-: 'eyebrow, front'

> Proto-Semitic *gab(b)īn-, 'eyebrow, front': reflexes in 7 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>) › [G](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*gab(b)īn- |
| Meaning | 'eyebrow, front' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2047 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ǧabīn- 'forehead', ʔal-ǧabīnāni (dual.) 'the two ends of the forehead, the two parts between the eyebrows and the hair' \[BK 1 250\] | BK 1 250 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | gbina, gbana \[DM 79\] | DM 79 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | NASS gnīvä \[Tser 037\] ZKH gubʔēna \[R Zakho 106\] MMND gǝḇīna \[M MND 495\] | Tser 037; M MND 495 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | (?) gibbēn. |  | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | gǝbīnā \[Ja 206\]; gbyn \[DJPA 119b apud CAL\] | Ja 206; DJPA 119b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | gǝbīnā 'eyebrows; crown, summit', gǝbīnūtā 'eyebrows' \[Brock 102\] | Brock 102 |  |
| Aramaic | OFF gbyn \[HJ 209\] | HJ 209 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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