# \*hḍb: 'shower, lasting rain'

> Proto-Semitic *hḍb, 'shower, lasting rain': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*hḍb |
| Meaning | 'shower, lasting rain' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | haḍbat 'a rain; a lasting rain, consisting of great drops'; haḍb 'fine showers of rain after other rain' (Lane 2896) | Lane 2896 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab hḍyb (Biella 115) | Biella 115 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Sab hḍyb is a plural, known from one text (G 1773b/4; Biella 115).

## Linked from

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

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