*qVbVʿ-: 'cap'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*qVbVʿ-
Meaning	'cap'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Geez	qobʿ 'hood' (Dillmann 03439)	Dillmann 03439; Anderson–Moser 2024 root qbʿ
Arabic	qubbaʿa (LGz. 418)	LGz. 418	gloss withheld
Hebrew	qōbaʿ, kōbaʿ (LGz. 418)	LGz. 418	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	qubbəʿā, qubʿā (LGz. 418)	LGz. 418	gloss withheld
Aramaic	kbʿ (Elephantine) (LGz. 418)	LGz. 418	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	qobəʿ (LGz. 418)	LGz. 418	gloss withheld
Tigre	qobʿat (LGz. 418)	LGz. 418	gloss withheld
Gurage	qobi (LGz. 418)	LGz. 418

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Notes

Arabic qubbaʿa is a loan from Syriac (Fraenkel 54 apud HALOT 463). HALOT 463 calls the Hebrew a foreign word (k beside q) and compares, with ?, Hittite kupaḫ(ḫ)i 'headgear'.

Updated 22 October 2026

*qVbVʿ-: 'cap'

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