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

> Proto-Semitic *rkb, 'to have intercourse, mount', 'ride': reflexes in 15 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rkb |
| Meaning | 'to have intercourse, mount', 'ride' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2294 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaritic | rkb (DULAT 728) | DULAT 728 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | DAṮ 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 |  |
| Mehri | rǝkēb \[JM 332\] | JM 332 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | rakābu, (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 409 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | tǝräkkäbä, tǝrakäbä \[LH 157\] | LH 157 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | tarākaba, rukābe \[LGz 469\] | LGz 469 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | rékǝb, rɔ́tkǝb (-t- stem) \[JJ 211\] | JJ 211 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | rǝkeb '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 |  |
| Amorite | rkb: 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, 163 | gloss withheld |
| Modern South Arabian | Bathari rēkəb (Gasparini - Morris 2025 191 apud SEDonline 897) | SEDonline 897 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | rékeb (Biella 488); rikbâ (HALOT 1235); rākab (Klein s.v. רכב) | Biella 488; HALOT 1235; Klein s.v. רכב | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /r-k-b/: names ìr-ga-bù, ìr-kab-bù, ìr-kab-ar (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 163) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 163 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic rkbt (Al-Jallad 2026, 123) | Al-Jallad 2026 123 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | rkb (SD 117) | SD 117 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | rkb (DNWSI 1075) | DNWSI 1075 | gloss withheld |

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

## 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'.

## Linked from

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

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