# \*rɣb: 'to be hungry'

> Proto-Semitic *rɣb, 'to be hungry': reflexes in 13 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>) › [R](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/r/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rɣb |
| Meaning | 'to be hungry' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2293 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | rɣb 'to want, to desire', raɣab- 'desire, irresistible inclination toward something' \[BK 1 887\] | BK 1 887 |  |
| Tigre | räḥab \[LH 147\] | LH 147 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | rɣb \[Aist 295\] | Aist 295 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | WOL rabä, SEL ZWY rābä \[LGur 520\], WOL rab, ZWY rǝb \[ibid.\] | LGur 520 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | rǝḫba, raḫab, raḫāb \[LGz 468\] | LGz 468 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | MUH GOG SOD ärabä \[LGur 520\] | LGur 520 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | rāʕēb (HALOT 1256, 1257), rāʕāb (HALOT 1257) | HALOT 1256, 1257; HALOT 1257 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | rabä (impersonal), rǝhǝb \[K 391\] | K 391 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | rʿb (CAL s.v. rʿb) | CAL s.v. rʿb; Anderson–Moser 2024 root rġb | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | rʿb (HALOT 1256; DJPA 527a apud CAL) | HALOT 1256; DJPA 527a; CAL |  |
| Harari | räḥaba-, raḥab (SED I 316) | SED I 316 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | räḥabä-, räḥab (LGz. 468) | LGz. 468 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | rähaw (LGz. 468) | LGz. 468 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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