Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šabaṭ-

This Proto-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.

*šabaṭ-

1. to beat, to strike, to hit, to give a blow
2. to sweep, to blow, to fly loose, to float (over)

• *šabṭ-, *šibṭ- (“stick, rod”)

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: šabāṭum
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: شَبَطَ (šabaṭa, “to cut the skin”) (irregular)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: שְׁבַט (šbaṭ) / ܫܒܛ (šbaṭ)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: שָׁבַט (shabát, šāḇaṭ, “to press the weaving rod, to make the web close”)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Sabaean: 𐩪𐩨𐩷 (s¹bṭ, “to beat”)
  • Ethiopian Semitic: (with voicedness assimilation)
    • Amharic: ዘበጠ (zäbbäṭä, “to beat, to strike”)
    • Ge'ez: ዘበጠ (zäbäṭä, “to beat, to strike; to smite”)
    • Tigre: ዘብጠ (zäbṭä, “to beat, to strike, to hit”)
    • Tigrinya: ዘበጠ (zäbäṭä, “to hit”)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Harsusi: sebōṭ (“to beat”)
    • Mehri: səbōṭ (“to beat”), sɔ̄ṭ