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Soqotri Lexicon
فٞادٞى
féde (yéfed/ľifdέ)
basic morphological information
text examples
a. féde tho díˀʸho mudárras tóˀo kánaḥ yeḳabítin tho be-ḳáˁar ‘My teacher helped me, teaching me additionally at home’ (field notes)
b. féde tho ḥkómeʰ tóˀo ṭéfoʰ ḥe ḷedrós be-tɛr ‘My government supported me, giving me an opportunity to study abroad’ (field notes)
root
etymology
Probably not identical with féde ‘to ransom, to set free’ in LS 333, which displays Arabic-like conjugational forms.