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Soqotri Lexicon
أٞزْجَادِيد
ezgέdid (yezgɛdídin/ľizgέdɛd)
basic morphological information
v. (RII)
to challenge, to bully, to behave provocatively
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تَحَدَّى، تنمر، استفزّ
Bulakh 2021:274; CSOL III ft. 928
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تَحَدَّى، تنمر، استفزّ
text examples
gédaḥ ṭad ˁouyɛ́ghɛn yezgɛdídin nhɔfš idínhi ˁámok mínhɛm tezgɛdídin nhɔfk ‘A boy came and started to bully me. I said to him: “Why are you bullying me?”’ (CSOL III 25:1)
other notes
ezgέdid nhɔfš ‘to risk, to take upon oneself more than one can do’:
óḳiŝk toʸh kor aḷ-ˁad ľizgɛdídin nhɔfš diˀáḷ kúrraʰ ‘I warned him not to risk playing football any more’ (Bulakh 2024:158)
root
etymology
In all probability, a derivation from zgd ‘to lift, to carry’ (“to raise oneself against somebody”?).