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*gVbh(-at)- - forehead, front
(SED I No. 68)
Related to *gabb(-at)- (with -h serving as a triconsonantizer?).
Words
Arabic
ǯabah-
- largeness, width, beauty of the forehead
(BK 1 250, Lane 377)
Arabic
ǯabhat-
- forehead
(BK 1 250, Lane 377)
Tigre
gäbbah
- broadfronted
(WTS 582)
Tigre
gəbbəhit
- forehead
(WTS 582)
Mehri
gəbhēt
- front
(ML 113)
Jibbali
gəbhέt
- brow
(JL 69)
Harsusi
yábheh
- brow
(JH 38)
y- < *g- same form as in Arb. Omn.