Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/gabbār-

This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Semitic

Etymology

Related to *gabr-, from a root originally meaning "be strong".

Noun

*gabbār- m

  1. strong man, hero

Descendants

  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: جَبَّار (jabbār, “one who magnifies himself”)
    • Northwest Semitic:
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ገባር (gäbbar, “strong man, hero”)

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.