# \*ḫabiʾ/y-: 'jug, bowl'

> Proto-Semitic *ḫabiʾ/y-, 'jug, bowl': reflexes in 2 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>) › [ḫ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/kha/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḫabiʾ/y- |
| Meaning | 'jug, bowl' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 252 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḫābiʔ/y-at-; ḫābiʔat, ḫābiyat 'a large jar' (Lane 693) | Lane 693 |  |
| Akkadian | ḫābû, ḫāpû (CAD Ḫ 20) | CAD Ḫ 20 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Geez ḫǝbay is from Arabic ḫābiya, itself from Aramaic-Syriac ḥābītā 'wine jug' (LGz. 257, after Fraenkel 168). CAD Ḫ 20 takes the Syriac as a loan from Akkadian \*ḫābitu; Kaufman 1974, 53 rejects that view, holds that the Arabic ḫ makes a loan through Aramaic unlikely, and finds the origin obscure.

## Linked from

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

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