*ru/abṣ̂- - womb, uterus

Note derived Arm. forms with the ma- prefix.

Akkadian

rubṣu - womb (CAD r 395, AHw. 991)

Middle Babylonian

Syriac

marbəˁā - uterus (LSyr. 709)

Mandaic

marba - womb, uterus (MD 251)

Arabic

rabaḍ- - intestins (BK 1 806)

Diverse meaning shifts in Arb. can be understood only as various developments from the lost meaning ‘womb’.