*ŝyb {} *ĉyb: 'to have grey hair'
Root
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | *ŝyb {} *ĉyb |
| Meaning | 'to have grey hair' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2301 |
Reflexes
| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | šyb 'to whiten, to become white, hoary', šayb-at- 'hoariness, white hair' [BK 1 1294] | BK 1 1294 | |
| Mehri | ŝyīb, ŝayb [JM 391] | JM 391 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ŝíbab (ŝaibib) [LS 428]. | LS 428 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | šībtu Mari, SB [CAD š2 386], [AHw 1228], šâbu OA, OB on [CAD š1 19], [AHw 1224], šību OB on [CAD š2 389], [AHw 1228], šību OAkk on [CAD š2 390], [AHw 1228] | CAD š2 386; AHw 1228; CAD š1 19; AHw 1224; CAD š2 389; CAD š2 390 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ŝayb [JH 123] | JH 123 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | šäyäbä, šib, šibät [LH 227] | LH 227 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | SAB, SIB [DM 308], saba, sibato [ibid. 324] | DM 308; DM 324 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | šb, šbt [Aist 300] | Aist 300 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | SEL šēbätä, WOL šebätä, ZWY šībätä, SEL WOL ZWY šǝbät [LGur 572] | LGur 572 | gloss withheld |
| Harari | šibät [LHar 144] | LHar 144 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ŝeba, ŝibat [LGz 539] | LGz 539 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | MUH MSQ šäbbätä, SOD šibbätä, CHA EZHA MUH MSQ GOG SOD šǝbät [LGur 572] | LGur 572 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | eŝŝéb, ŝub [JJ 259] | JJ 259 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ŝyb, ŝēb, ŝēbā (HALOT 1318; BDB 966) | HALOT 1318; BDB 966 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | šǝbät [K 638] | K 638 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | sǝʔēb, sā(ʔ)b 'to be old' [Ja 947], sāb(ā) 'grey, old', sīb 'to be grey, old' [ibid. 948], sīb 'grey, old', sēb 'to be old', sēbā 'old age' [ibid. 974]; sēbǝtā 'grey color, grey hair; eldership' [ibid. 975] | Ja 947; Ja 948; Ja 974; Ja 975 | |
| Syrian Aramaic | sābā 'old man', sābǝtā 'old woman', saybātā (pl.) 'white hair' [Brock 469] | Brock 469 | |
| Aramaic | OFF šb [HJ 1099], PLM sybw [ibid. 784]; SʾB (Qumran 246 apud CAL) | HJ 1099; HJ 784; CAL; Anderson–Moser 2024 root śʾb | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ŝābē (pl. constr.), ŝābayyā (det.) 'grey-head; elder' (BDB 1114) | BDB 1114 | |
| Tigrinya | säyyäbä, šäyyäbä 'to turn grey(-haired)', šǝbät 'greying (of hair)' [Bass 237] | Bass 237 | |
| Eblaitic | si-bù-um /šībum/ (VE 108), /Siyb, Siybt, Siybat/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 281) | VE 108; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 281 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | šəbäd (LGz. 539) | LGz. 539 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | śībum, śībatum, śībtum (Gelb AS 21, 31); ši-bu-na-a-ta-am, ši-ib-tum, ši-ba-tum /Siyb, Siybt, Siybat/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 281) | Gelb AS 21 31; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 281 | gloss withheld |
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Updated 22 October 2026