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                المعجم السقطري
              
            
                  زٞافُن
                
              
                  zö́fon (yezófen/ľizfέn)
                
                
                    المعلومات األساسية الصرفية
                  
                  
                v. (Ia)
                  to squeeze to each other, to be numerous
прижиматься друг к другу, быть многочисленным
تلاصق، كثُر
                
                  LS 155; Bulakh et al. 2021:281
              прижиматься друг к другу, быть многочисленным
تلاصق، كثُر
                    الأمثلة النصية
                  
                  
                égaḥk be-ŝébeʰ di-siyáraʰ men ḥérhen wa-ˀaḷ-ˀézˁomk súwa ken ˁeghéten di-zö́fon wa-déḷaḳ ‘I climbed to the back part of the car but I could not sit well because of the women who squeezed to each other, and there were many of them’ (Bulakh et. al. 2021:281)
                    جذر
                  
                  
                
                    المشتقات
                  
                  
                - zéfnɛʰ screen made of palm ribs
                    االشتياق اللغوي
                  
                  
                While no clear-cut etymology is at hand, an eventual connection to PWS *zpn ‘to dance’ cannot be ruled out.