# \*yVbVš-: 'be dry'

> Proto-Semitic *yVbVš-, 'be dry': reflexes in 11 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>) › [Y](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/y/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*yVbVš- |
| Meaning | 'be dry' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1227 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ybs (Lane 2974) | Lane 2974 |  |
| Geez | ybs |  |  |
| Hebrew | ybš |  |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ybs (Sabaweb lemma 2278) | Sabaweb lemma 2278 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | yäbsa (LGz. 626) | LGz. 626 |  |
| Tigrinya | yäbəs (LGz. 626) | LGz. 626 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | yəḇeš (LGz. 626; Qumran 98 apud CAL) | LGz. 626; CAL |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | īḇeš (LGz. 626) | LGz. 626 |  |
| Amorite | jbś: jībiś, jābiś, mēbiśum (Gelb AS 21, 21); mêbiša (Buck 2019, 334); yabisu: ja-bi-sa-tum (ARM 19, 462: 1f.) (Streck 2000, 121); yabaS: ia-ba-sa, ia-ab-za(?)-tum, place name ya-ba-si-im-KI; yabiS, yabis₁: ia-bi-šu/šum, ia-bi-su-um; yabuS: ia-bu-uš, ia-bu-šum, ia-bu-sú-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 370) | Gelb AS 21 21; Buck 2019, 334; Streck 2000 121; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 370 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | a-bí-iš-tum /yabištum/ (VE 1269; Krebernik 1983, 42); ì-da-um a-bí-iš-tum /yabiS, yabis₁/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 370) | VE 1269; Krebernik 1983, 42; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 370 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | ia-biš-ti /yabištu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 87) | Pentiuc 2001 87 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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