*gwb: 'to protect; shield'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*gwb
Meaning	'to protect; shield'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab gyb (Biella 71) (SD 51)	Biella 71; SD 51	gloss withheld
Arabic	jawb 'a shield'; jawwaba ʿalayhi 'he shielded him' (Lane 479)	Lane 479
Mehri	gob (Biella 71)	Biella 71	gloss withheld
Jibbali	gieb (Biella 71)	Biella 71	gloss withheld

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Notes

Biella 71 sets Sab. gyb beside Arb. jwb. Lane 479 derives jawwaba ʿalayhi from jawb 'a shield', which he files under jwb 'to cut, hollow out' (561). LGz. 331 calls the link of Geʿez maggaba 'surround to protect, protect' with Te. mägba and the root gwb unlikely. Cf. SA051 *kyb 'protect'.

Updated 25 October 2026

*gwb: 'to protect; shield'

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