lbʾ

Common Semitic noun *labʾ-, *labīʾ-, lion. Leo, leonine, lev, lion; chameleon, codling, dandelion, Leo Minor, leopard, from Greek leōn, from a Semitic source akin to Akkadian lābu, labʾu, labbu, Ugaritic lbʾ, Hebrew lābîʾ, lion, and Arabic feminine lab(u)ʾa, labwa, lioness; compare also Egyptian rw, Coptic laboi, lion(ess).

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