*slb: 'to take away by force, strip off, plunder'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*slb
Meaning	'to take away by force, strip off, plunder'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	salaba 'he seized it, carried it off, by force; he spoiled him, despoiled him, plundered him' (Lane 1398); salab 'spoil, plunder, booty; what is seized, or carried off, by force' (Lane 1399)	Lane 1398; Lane 1399
Geez	salaba; salabā (LGz. 498)	LGz. 498	gloss withheld
Jibbali	slb (LGz. 498)	LGz. 498	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab ślbt (Biella 506)	Biella 506	gloss withheld

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Notes

Leslau sets Hebrew šālap 'draw out', Syriac šəlap, Mandaic šlp and Akkadian šalāpu 'pull out' beside it with b:p alternation (LGz. 498). Sabaic s3lb 'draw water improperly' (SD 138) is another sense. Not 3091 *slb 'to wait'.

Updated 26 October 2026

*slb: 'to take away by force, strip off, plunder'

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