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Soqotri Lexicon
جٞادُب
gédob (yegódeb/ľigdέb)
basic morphological information
v. (Ia)
1. to cut; 2. to take out the fiber (of a palm-tree)
резать; вынимать сердцевину (ствола пальмы)
قطع؛ اخرج اللب من النخلة
Naumkin et al. 2022:275
резать; вынимать сердцевину (ствола пальмы)
قطع؛ اخرج اللب من النخلة
text examples
1. ḷegdób témreʰ zóuˁa mes ensóˀoʰ wa-ḳóuŝaˁ tóʸhen ‘When a palm-tree would be cut down, one would take its fiber and dry it’ (Naumkin et al. 2022:275)
2. gédobk témreʰ di-ˁö́ḳar mes ri ‘I took out the fiber from a palm-tree with a big crown’ (field notes)
morphological notes
pass. gídɛb (yegóudob/ľigdób)
root
etymology
Clearly related to Arb. ǯaḏab-, ǯiḏāb- ‘the pith that is at the head of the palm-tree, from which the fibres are pulled off and then eaten.’ No further etymology could be detected.