*γby - to be thick, dense (Kogan 2001:266)

Akkadian

ebû - to be thick (CAD E 16, AHw. 183)

Ugaritic

γb-n - well-being, opulence (DUL 316)

Arabic

γbw/y - to have little (or no) intelligence (Lane 2227)

Cf. γabiyy- ‘having little or no intelligence’ (Lane 2228). For the semantic shift ‘to be thick’ > ‘to be stupid’ cf. Kogan 2001:266.

Arabic

ˀaγbā - tangled, confused, dense (Lane 2228)

Arabic

γabiyy- - épais (thick) (Dozy II 201)