*rby: 'foster father, foster-parent'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rby
Meaning'foster father, foster-parent'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianmurabbânu (murabbiānu) (CAD M/2 216); murabbītu (CAD M/2 216)CAD M/2 216gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicmrabyānā, fem. mrabyānītā 'one who brings up, tends, rears, a nurse, foster-father or mother' (Payne Smith 298)Payne Smith 298

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Notes

D participle with -ān of the verb 'to grow; to rear' (CAD M/2 216: cf. rabû v.). The verb is 3632 *rbw 'to grow, increase; to rear'. Cf. 838 *ynḳ 'wet-nurse', 60 *rabīb- 'nursing mother', 2477 *rabb- 'big'.

Updated 26 October 2026

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