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Root ʾ-b-y

Ugaritic ↔ Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎀-𐎁-𐎊↔ ʾ-b-y. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎀-𐎁-𐎊
  • 𐎀𐎁𐎊𐎐ảbynadj
    poor, impoverished
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Arabic

ar
root: ʾ-b-y
  • تَأَبَّىtaʔabbāverb
    to deny, refuse, reject
  • إِبَاءَةʔibāʔanoun
    verbal noun of أَبَى (ʔabā) (form I)
Canonical root family: ʾ-b-y