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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
Appendix II Semitic Roots |
| ENTRY: | yb . |
| DEFINITION: | West Semitic, to be(come) dry. calabash, perhaps from Arabic qarca y bisa, dried gourd, from ybisa, dried, feminine of ybis, participle of yabisa, to be(come) dry. |
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