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dabl- - plague, pestilence
(BK 1 668, Lane 849)
Related as a variant root with -l vs. -r. Cf. also dunbal- ‘ampoule qui se forme aux mains, etc.’ and dibl- ‘malheur, coup du sort’.
Reconstruction
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*da/ib(a)r-
- pestilence, plague
(SED I No. 45)