# \*lapt-: 'turnip, rape'

> Proto-Semitic *lapt-, 'turnip, rape': reflexes in 4 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 2026-10-31.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*lapt- |
| Meaning | 'turnip, rape' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | laptu A (CAD L 96) | CAD L 96 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | lepet (pB.) 'something which goes with bread; vegetables; esp. turnip' (Jastrow 716) | Jastrow 716 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | liptā 'turnips' (Jastrow 716) | Jastrow 716 |  |
| Arabic | lift 'rape, Brassica napus' (Lane 2665) | Lane 2665 |  |

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

## Notes

Lane 2665 reports Azhari's doubt that lift is Arabic and Ibn-El-Kubbee's statement that it is Nabataean. Not 3065 \*lpt 'touch, grasp, strike' nor 1291 \*lupp- 'beans'.

## Linked from

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

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