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*ŝyb - to have grey hair
(SED I No. 66ᵥ)
Words
Akkadian
šâbu
- to become old
(CAD Š₁ 19, AHw. 1224)
Hebrew
ŝyb
- to be grey headed, old
(HALOT 1318)
Mandaic
sab, sib
- to be grey
(MD 308)
Arabic
šyb
- to become whitehaired, hoary
(BK 1 1294, Lane 1627)
Geez
ŝeba
- to turn grey (hair)
(CDG 539)
Tigre
šäyäbä
- to have grey hair
(WTS 227)
Tigrinya
säyyäbä, šäyyäbä
- incanutire (to turn gray)
(TED 768, Bassano 1918: 237)
Selti
šēbätä
- to have grey hair
(EDG 572)
Wolane
šebätä
- to have grey hair
(EDG 572)
Zway
šībätä
- to have grey hair
(EDG 572)
Muher
šäbbätä
- to have grey hair
(EDG 572)
Masqan
šäbbätä
- to have grey hair
(EDG 572)
Soddo
šibbätä
- to have grey hair
(EDG 572)
Mehri
ŝyīb
- to go white in the hair of the head
(ML 390)
Jibbali
eŝŝeb
- to have white hair
(JL 259)