garābu
DRAFT
Meanings:
(a skin disease)
Domain: Illness, disease
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *garab “leprosy, mange, scab,” see SED 1, 91; Kogan 2011, 230 (SEDo)).
Discussion
The conventional identification with leprosy (cf. Syr. garbā) is inaccurate, as g. affects sheep and cattle as well. It describes skin conditions like those caused by leprosy, but also other conditions (Scurlock/Andersen 2005, 232). See also Stol 1989, 29f. (a fungal infection?).