# \*kabas- ~ \*kbš: 'tread' 1, 'full, launder' 2, 'tread down, subdue; attack' 3

> Proto-Semitic *kabas- ~ *kbš, 'tread' 1, 'full, launder' 2, 'tread down, subdue; attack' 3: reflexes in 9 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kabas- ~ \*kbš |
| Meaning | 'tread' 1, 'full, launder' 2, 'tread down, subdue; attack' 3 |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | kabāsu 1; kibsu 1 (HALOT 459; HALOT 460) | HALOT 459; HALOT 460 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | kbs 1 (Gelb AS 21, 23) | Gelb AS 21 23 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | k-b-s 2 (BDB 460); kebeš 1 (HALOT 460) | BDB 460; HALOT 460 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | kbs 2 (T 137; HALOT 459) | T 137; HALOT 459 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | kbs, kbś 2 (DULAT 424); /kābisu/ 2 (UVST 135) | DULAT 424; UVST 135 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | kbs 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §3.1 no. 38) | Kogan 2015 ch. 5 §3.1 no. 38 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | kbaš 'tread down, subdue, conquer' 3 (Payne Smith 204) | Payne Smith 204 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic kbs 3 (Al-Jallad 2026, 81) | Al-Jallad 2026 81 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ga-ba-zu-um /kabbāS/ 2 (= Sum. TÚG.ZUKUM) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 300); /kubbuS/ 3: name gú-bù-zu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 300) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 300 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Hebrew kābaš 'subdue' and Syriac kbaš write š against the s of Akkadian kabāsu and Ugaritic kbs. Al-Jallad (2026, 81) compares Aramaic kbš 'to tread on', 'to subjugate', 'to besiege', Hebrew kbš 'to subdue, to subjugate' and Arabic kabasa 'to make a sudden attack upon (a house) and surround it' (Lane 2588).

## Linked from

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

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