عٞلْفَه
ˁéľfɛʰ
basic morphological information

n. (f.)

a certain number, a certain quantity
некоторое количество
بعض
Bulakh et al. 2021:252
text examples

a. ˁag di-góˁor ˁéľfɛʰ di-ˀέmɛd wa-gédaḥ men ḷeḥáʰ ṭad ébrɛhɛʸh ˁö́mor heʸh inέm šek ifúḷ iṭáʰ éḳtobk ‘A man was ill during some time, and his grand-son came from over there and told him: “What has happened to you? You have become so thin!”’ (Bulakh et al. 2021:252)

b. éndeḳ énhi ˁag ˁéľfɛʰ di-žírhɛm ‘A man gave me some fruits of Ziziphus spina-christi’ (field notes)

c. ŝínik ke-ˁag ˁéľfɛʰ di-tέten ‘I saw a lot of sheep with a man’ (field notes)  

root
etymology

Probably to be compared to Arb. ˁlf ‘to drink a lot’, II ‘to feed well with fodder’, Jib. oˁúlf ‘to induldge someone with plenty food and rest’. Likely related to ˁóľif ‘to sprout’.