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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *gabVr-
Meaning: 'syphilis'
Somrai: gaberi [Luk:78]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-smr,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *garab- ~ *gabVr- (?)
Meaning: leprosy, syphilis
Notes: Metathesis. Data insufficient.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-ech,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1621
Proto-Semitic: *garab-
Meaning: leprosy, mange, scab
Akkadian: garābu 'leprosy' OB on [CAD g 46], [AHw 281]
Hebrew: gārāb 'festering rash' [KB 201]
Judaic Aramaic: gārāb (garbā) 'itch, scurf' [Ja 264]; grb 'itch' [Sok 135]
Syrian Aramaic: garbā 'lepra; scabies' [Brock 130]
Modern Aramaic: NSYR gerba 'Aussatz, Lepra' [MP 34]
Mandaic Aramaic: girba 'leprosy, scurf' [DM 92]
Arabic: ǧarab- 'gale; rouille' [BK 1 273]
Tigre: gǝrbeb 'scab, mange' [LH 575]
Mehri: garb 'mange' [JM 123]
Jibbali: gɛ́rb 'mange' [JJ 78]
Soqotri: gerb 'gale' [LS 114] (gɛrb 'mange' [JM 123])
Notes: Note a different vocalism in MND and TGR. See a derived verb in AMH gʷärräbä; gʷärba gʷärba alä 'to have blisters on the hand etc.; to be covered with blisters' [K 1934] (labialization of the velar under the influence of -b- ?).
MSA examples may well be Arabisms.
Cf. E. CHAD: SUMRAY gaberi 'syphilis' compared as a metathetic form to SEM in [O-S 203]; an interesting case hardly, however, sufficient for a common AFRASIAN reconstruction.
[Fron 40] (*garab- 'scabbia' /ARB,SYR,HBR,AKK/); [DRS 178]: AKK, HBR, ARM, ARB, MSA, ETH; [KB 201]: HBR, ARM, ARB, AKK, TGR; [Brock 130]: SYR, ARM, HBR, AKK, ARB; [LS 114]: SOQ, JIB, SYR, ARM, HBR, AKK, ARB
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