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Where does “جب” come from?

جب (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic *gubb-.

جب (Arabic): to sever, to notch, to cut, to chop off, to lop...

Definitions

  1. to sever, to notch, to cut, to chop off, to lop...

Ancestry of “جب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*gubb-—

Words derived from “جب”

  • algibe
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