# \*ɣarb-: 'sunset'

> Proto-Semitic *ɣarb-, 'sunset': reflexes in 16 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>) › [ġ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ghayn/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ɣarb- |
| Meaning | 'sunset' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 979 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ɣrb 'set (sun)', ɣarb- 'sunset' BK 2 450 | BK 2 450 |  |
| Mehri | ǝɣtǝrōb, ɣǝrbēt, mārēb |  | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | máʕrib LS 326 | LS 326 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ɣarb |  |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | arb |  |  |
| East Ethiopic | Sel arōt, Wol arot, Zw arūt |  | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʕarab, ʕarba LGz 69 | LGz 69 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | M yorar |  | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʕrb |  |  |
| Jibbali | oɣórb, aɣtéréb, muɣrúb JJ 88; E maʕréb JM | JJ 88 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕrb; ʕärä̆b (HALOT 877) | HALOT 877 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʕǝreb |  |  |
| Tigrinya | ʕaräbä |  | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ġrb (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 75) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 75 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | erēpu (arāpu) (CAD E 279) | CAD E 279 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ġrbn (Biella 397) | Biella 397 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Ug. ʕrb, Akk. erēbu and Sab. mʕrb continue \*ʕrb 'enter' (2675); Hebrew, Aramaic and Geʿez ʕ cannot tell \*ʕ from \*ɣ. Harari artu, ōrti 'night' either &lt; Cu, or &lt;ʕrb 'with disappearance of b" LHar 32.

## Linked from

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

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