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PCS
*ˁabd- - male slave
(Kogan 2011: 237; Kogan 2015: 181)
verbal root
*ˁbd
is likely to be denominal
Words
Ebla
íb-dum; ì-ba-dum
- Sum. SAG.KÉŠ
(VE 253a; Krebrenik 1983: 12)
if interpreted as ‘slave’ must be due to WS import
Ugaritic
ˁbd
- servant, slave
(DUL 138)
Hebrew
ˁäbäd
- slave, servant
(HALOT 774)
Syriac
ˁabdā
- slave
(LSyr. 504, SL 1060)
Arabic
ˁabd-
- male slave
(Lane 1935)
Sabaic
ˁbd
- servant, client, devotee
(SD 11)
Minaean
ˁbd
- male slave
(LM 10)
Qatabanian
ˁbd
- male slave
(LIQ 113)