Number: 97
Proto-Semitic: *zapp-/*zabb-
Meaning: (much) hair (on the head), bristle
Akkadian: zappu, zabbu, azappu 'bristle, (animal) hair' OA on [CAD z 49], [AHw 1511] (azappu with tha *ʔa- prefix?)
Hebrew: PB zayip 'bristles; eye-brows' [Ja 395]
Judaic Aramaic: zaypā, zēpā 'eye-brow' [Ja 395]
Syrian Aramaic: zappǝtā, zeppǝtā, zeppātā 'capillus' [Brock 203].
Brockelmann quotes variant roots zab 'pilosus, hirsutus fuit (tunica)' [ibid. 186] (with p/b) and zemmǝtā 'capillus' [ibid. 199] (with pp/mm)
Modern Aramaic: HRT zapta '(einzelnes) Haar' [J Hert 202].
Cf. MAL zaʕbūpca (pl. zaʕbūbō) 'Stirnlocke' [Berg 103]; with unexplained phonetic changes if related (however, for -b- cf. SYR)
Mandaic Aramaic: zapa 'eyelash; eyelid (?)' [DM 160].
Compared [ibid.] with zimta 'hair, thread', variant root with b/m
Arabic: zabb- 'grand quantité de cheveux sur la tête, chevelure bien fournie' [BK 1 968]; zabab- 'duvet (sur les oiseaux ou autres animaux); grande abondance de cheveux sur la tête, chevelure bien fournie' [ibid.].
Cf. ziff-, zafaf- 'plumes fines, petites' [ibid. 966]
Notes: From *zaṗṗ- {} *ʒaṗṗ-?
Cf. a variant stem *zayp- in HBR PB and JUD.
Note AMH ǯofǯoffe 'long abundant hair (which hangs down)' [K 1874] and ǯoffa 'to have pendent locks' [ibid.], probably related; ǯ<*z is not uncommon in AMH.
[Brock 203]: SYR, MND, ARB
