كبش

A term of cultic significance, borrowed into Arabic from Aramaic, as shown by the consonantism. The late occurrence of Akkadian 𒆏𒋢 (kabsu, “young male sheep”) also implies Aramaic borrowing. Compare Soqotri كبڛ (kobŝ, “ram”). Relation with Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā, “wether”) Nöldeke and Fraenkel assumed that Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā, “wether”) represented a borrowing from Arabic. This hypothesis was put forth because the /š/ would have been irregular if both the Syriac and Arabic term de