Akkadian
akbaru - jerboa
(CAD A₁ 265, AHw. 28)
Var. akkabaru
Akkadian
arkabu - (kind of) bat
(CAD I 177, AHw. 67, Civil 1984a)
Var. , irkabu, argabu.
Probably related to PS *ˁakbar- ‘mouse, jerboa’ with a meaning shift and metathesis. The phonetic shape of the Akk. term and its meaning have been convincingly established in a special study Civil 1984a (contrast ‘a bird’ in CAD I 177, ‘Taube’ in AHw. 67; note that the translation ‘bat’ is present in some earlier studies such as Landsberger 1934 97, Biggs 1967 25).
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
det. ˁkbrh, ˁwkbrh
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ˁkbrh - she-mouse
(DJPA 406)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Probably related with ˀ- instead of ˁ- and -g- instead of -k-.
Probably related with secondary emphatization of -k-.
Probably related with metathesis and -g- instead of -k-.
Arabic
ˁakābir- - mares murum, quibus yarbūˁ- nomen est
(Fr. III 199, LA IV 601, TA 13 122, Q II 95)
For the sing. forms v. Hommel 1879 338, GD 2315.
Arabic
wabr- - hyrax Syriacus
(Lane 2915, BK 2 1476)
May be related to the present root.
Probably related with a meaning shift and metathesis.
Probably related with metathesis and secondary emphatisation of -k-.
Jibbali
ˁarḳéb - rat
(JL 15, Bittner 17)
Probably related with metathesis and secondary emphatisation of -k-.
Probably related with metathesis and secondary emphatisation of -k-.