# \*šyb: 'gift'

> Proto-Semitic *šyb, 'gift': reflexes in 2 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šyb |
| Meaning | 'gift' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | sayb 'a gift; a voluntary gift; a benefaction' (Lane 1481) | Lane 1481 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab s1yb (SD 130) | SD 130 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Lane 1481 gives sayb also as 'a flowing rain', under sāba 'it ran' (697 \*šVʾ/yVb- 'flow').

## Linked from

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

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