כ־א־ב

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic ك ء ب (k-ʔ-b), Classical Syriac ܟ-ܐ-ܒ (k-ʾ-b).

Root

כ־א־ב • (k-ʾ-b)

1. Related to pain, suffering, aching.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־א־ב‎ (0 c, 6 e)

Further reading

• “כ־א־ב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “כ־א־ב”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “כאב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 268a
• A. Murtonen (1989) “KʾB”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225