*srb: 'to flow (of water); torrents, channels'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*srb
Meaning	'to flow (of water); torrents, channels'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Geez	ʾasrāb (pl. of *sarab, sarb); ʾasrābāt (Lt) (LGz. 511)	LGz. 511	gloss withheld
Arabic	saraba l-māʾu, or sariba, 'the water ran … upon the surface of the ground: or flowed' (Lane 1340)	Lane 1340

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

LGz. 511 compares Arabic sariba 'flow', sarab 'canal, flowing water'. Not 3046 *šrb 'to be parched', 2597 *ŝrb 'to drink'.

Updated 28 October 2026