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آصَڸ

έṣaḷ (du. έṣľi, pl. éṣyhɛḷ, f. iṣáḷeʰ, du. iṣaḷíti, pl. eṣhɛḷéten)

basic morphological information

adj.

strong, good (usually said of pieces of wood)
сильный, крепкий
قوي

Naumkin et al. 2019b:83

text examples

ḷaḷ yeˁómer έˀɛfo márṣoṣ men šérmhin yegódem men šérhom di-míṭhɛn ber šérhom di-míṭhɛn έṣaḷ ‘When people make beams from trees, they usually cut off branches from Buxanthus pedicellatus, because the timber of Buxanthus is hard’ (field notes)

ḥérek men ṭírob éṣyhɛḷ wa-tóbirk tóʸhen ˁaf aˁámer nɔ́fin ḥoz di-ḥámľeʰ ‘I was looking for strong pieces of firewood, and I broke them all for myself till I collected the amount of a load’ (Naumkin et al. 2019b:83)

root

ˀṣl 3

etymology

With Leslau (LS 70), to be compared to Arb. ˀaṣl- ‘root, foundation, base’, ˀaṣīl- ‘stable, firm, permanent’ (Lane 64–65), further related to Hbr. ˀāṣīl ‘noble’.