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Soqotri Lexicon
بَعْش
baˁ- (pl. biˀḥóľi-)
text examples
ḷe-ˁam ʸheʰ ṭad diyáḥŝeʸh di-kséˀiš aḷ-ˁad yeḥóre hiš men baˁš ‘Had anybody else found it (the golden necklace), he wouldn’t have looked for its owner’ (CSOL II 30:18)
morphological notes
With pronominal suffixes only.
Singular:
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Sg. |
Du. |
Pl. |
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1 |
- |
báˁki |
- |
|
2 m. |
baˁk |
báˁki |
báˁken |
|
2 f. |
baˁš |
||
|
3 m. |
baˁš |
báˁʸhi |
báˁʸhen |
|
3 f. |
baˁs |
báˁsen |
Plural:
|
|
Sg. |
Du. |
Pl. |
|
1 |
- |
biˀḥoľíki |
- |
|
2 m. |
biˀḥóľik |
biˀḥoľíki |
biˀḥoľíken |
|
2 f. |
biˀḥóľiš |
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|
3 m. |
biˀḥóľiš |
biˀḥoľíʸhi |
biˀḥoľíʸhen |
|
3 f. |
biˀḥóľis |
biˀḥoľísen |
The singular and plural forms with 1 sg. and pl. pronominal suffixes are unknown to our informants and could not be elicited from them.
The bases baˁ- and báḥľe are in complementary distribution: the former is used before pronominal suffixes, the latter before nouns.
root
derivates
- báˁaḷ to marry (a man or a woman)
- báḥľe in di-báḥľe the owner, one who has
- mébˀḥeľ male slave
- mebˁéḷoʰ female slave
- ébˁeḷ to marry off one’s daughter
- (3 pl. m.) botéˁeḷ to be married to one another
- šébˁeḷ to recognize something as one’s own
etymology