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Root k-b-r

Arabic ↔ Old South Arabian

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —k-b-r↔ 𐩫-𐩨-𐩧. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Arabic

ar
root: k-b-r
  • كَبُرَkaburaverb☪︎ Q.2:34
    to be or become big
  • كُبْرkubrnoun☪︎ Q.2:34
    verbal noun of كَبُرَ (kabura) (form I)
  • كَبِيرkabīradj☪︎ Q.2:34
    big, large
  • كَبِيرkabīrnoun☪︎ Q.2:34
    chief, leader
  • كَبِيرَةkabīraadj☪︎ Q.2:34
    feminine singular of كَبِير (kabīr)
  • اِسْتَكْبَرَistakbaraverb☪︎ Q.2:34
    to be proud, to be arrogant
  • تَكْبِيرةtakbīranoun☪︎ Q.2:34
    instance noun of كَبَّرَ (kabbara)
  • كِبْرkibrnoun☪︎ Q.2:34
    majesty, glory, highness

Old South Arabian

osa
root: 𐩫-𐩨-𐩧
  • 𐩫𐩨𐩧noun
    great one (epithet and perhaps a title)
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Canonical root family: k-b-r