śbk / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root śbk: sambuca, xebec.

śbk

Central Semitic, to entwine, weave, insert.

1. sambuca1, from Aramaic sabbəkā, sambuca, from səbak, to fasten, cling.
2. xebec, from Arabic šabbāk, type of small ship, from šabaka, to entwine, fasten.

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