# \*lʕb: 'to suck; to suckle'

> Proto-Semitic *lʕb, 'to suck; to suckle': reflexes in 3 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>) › [L](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/l/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*lʕb |
| Meaning | 'to suck; to suckle' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline 1463 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | lāb (ML 249 apud SEDonline 1463) | ML 249; SEDonline 1463 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | elˁéb (JL 158 apud SEDonline 1463) | JL 158; SEDonline 1463 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ḷáʿab (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.4.1 no. 66) | Kogan 2015 ch. 8 §3.4.1 no. 66 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Proto-MSA \*lʕb 'to suck' (SEDonline 1463). Hardly connected with Hbr. lʕb 'to make sport of' or Arb. lʕb 'to play, to joke (of children)' (Kogan 2015:562–563 apud SEDonline 1463).

## Linked from

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

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