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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
galbīn - (pl.) scales
(Jastrow 243)
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*gu/alb-
- (piece of) skin
(SED I No. 77)
Probably has a non-anatomic cognate in Eth. (connection proposed e. g. in [DRS 117])