n. (m.)

a. ḷébhon ˁan ŝḥaf wa-ˁáfer ˁan dor ráḳaḥ di-témreʰ ‘Whiter than milk, redder than blood: date palm inflorescence (a riddle)’ (CSOL II 12:22)

b. deš sánaʰ aḷ-kin šin ráḳaḥ di-médkor di-ˀérḳeḥ ‘This year we do not have a lot of male inflorescences produced by male palms’ (field notes)

The female inflorescence of a date palm is normally white, but sometimes can also be reddish.

• šérḳaḥ 1. to go out; 2. to go up
• érḳaḥ to take out