# \*gḥb: 'to come ashore'

> Proto-Semitic *gḥb, 'to come ashore': reflexes in 3 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 | \*gḥb |
| Meaning | 'to come ashore' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline 452 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | gəḥāb (ML 117 apud SEDonline 452) | ML 117; SEDonline 452 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | gaḥáb (JL 73 apud SEDonline 452) | JL 73; SEDonline 452 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | góḥob (LS 107; Naumkin et al. 2014b:49, 65; CSOL III apud SEDonline 452) | LS 107; SEDonline 452 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Proto-MSA \*gḥb 'to come ashore' (SEDonline 452). The same sense in the Arabic dialects of southern Arabia; the direction of borrowing is open.

## Linked from

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

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