*rkb: 'to have intercourse, mount', 'ride'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rkb
Meaning'to have intercourse, mount', 'ride'
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 2294

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Ugariticrkb (DULAT 728)DULAT 728gloss withheld
ArabicDAṮ ríkeb ʕalêha 'to mount a woman' = 'to make love' [GD 1380]; rakibahu 'he rode, mounted, the beast' (Lane 1142); rikbat 'a mode, or manner, of riding' (Lane 1143)GD 1380; Lane 1142; Lane 1143
Mehrirǝkēb [JM 332]JM 332gloss withheld
Akkadianrakābu, (Gt) [AHw 944-5], rikibtu MB on [ibid. 984], rākibu, rakkābu [ibid. 948]; rukūbu (CAD R 409)AHw 944-5; AHw 984; AHw 948; CAD R 409gloss withheld
Tigretǝräkkäbä, tǝrakäbä [LH 157]LH 157gloss withheld
Geeztarākaba, rukābe [LGz 469]LGz 469gloss withheld
Jibbalirékǝb, rɔ́tkǝb (-t- stem) [JJ 211]JJ 211gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicrǝkeb 'he mounted, he had intercourse with (a female)' [Brock 730]; rkūbā 'conveyance, vessel; mount; riding'; rākūbūtā 'riding, horsemanship' (Payne Smith 541)Brock 730; Payne Smith 541
Amoriterkb: jirkab, jarkab, rukābatum, jārkib (Gelb AS 21, 30); rakabtu, yarkab/yirkab (Buck 2019, 331); r-k-b: ar-ga-bu-um, ia-ar-ka-ab-a-du, ia-ar-ka-ab-ᵈIM (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 163)Gelb AS 21 30; Buck 2019, 331; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 163gloss withheld
Modern South ArabianBathari rēkəb (Gasparini - Morris 2025 191 apud SEDonline 897)SEDonline 897gloss withheld
Hebrewrékeb (Biella 488); rikbâ (HALOT 1235); rākab (Klein s.v. רכב)Biella 488; HALOT 1235; Klein s.v. רכבgloss withheld
Eblaitic/r-k-b/: names ìr-ga-bù, ìr-kab-bù, ìr-kab-ar (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 163)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 163gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic rkbt (Al-Jallad 2026, 123)Al-Jallad 2026 123gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabianrkb (SD 117)SD 117gloss withheld
Aramaicrkb (DNWSI 1075)DNWSI 1075gloss withheld

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Notes

PES *rkb 'to meet, to find' (Gez. rakaba, Tgr. räkbä, Tna. räkäbä, Amh. räkkäbä, Msq. räkkäbä, Sel. räkäbä) cannot be separated from PS *rkb 'to ride; to be joined' (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §4.1 no. 13). Cf. 2665 *markab- 'vehicle, boat, chariot'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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