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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šabaṭ-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Verb

*šabaṭ-

  1. to beat, to strike, to hit, to give a blow
  2. to sweep, to blow, to fly loose, to float (over)

Descendants
  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: šabāṭum
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: شَبَطَ‎ (šabaṭa, “to cut the skin”) (irregular)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: שְׁבַט‎ (šbaṭ) / ܫܒܛ‎ (šbaṭ)
        • Canaanite:
          • Mishnaic Hebrew: שָׁבַט‎ (šāḇaṭ, “to press the weaving rod, to make the web close”)
      • Old South Arabian:
        • Sabaean: 𐩪𐩨𐩷‎ (s¹bṭ, “to beat”)
    • Ethiopian Semitic: (with voicedness assimilation)
      • Amharic: ዘበጠ (zäbbäṭä, “to beat, to strike”)
      • Ge'ez: ዘበጠ (zäbäṭä, “to beat, to strike; to smite”)
      • Tigre: ዘብጠ (zäbṭä, “to beat, to strike, to hit”)
      • Tigrinya: ዘበጠ (zäbäṭä, “to hit”)
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Harsusi: sebōṭ (“to beat”)
      • Mehri: səbōṭ (“to beat”), sɔ̄ṭ
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