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أٞدْفَع
édfaˁ (yedáfaˁ/ľádfaˁ)
basic morphological information
v. (IV)
to release a shut-in goat kid or calf to its mother
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أطلق جديا او عجلا لأمّه
Naumkin et al. 2014b:41, 61
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أطلق جديا او عجلا لأمّه
text examples
kɔn šin mέsɛ ˁaf yeḳóˁod gáḥi wa-ˁer ḥe gáḥi aḷ-ḷέdfaˁ íľľiho eˀḷhíten wa-ˀáḷaḥk ke-ˁag min ṭoḳ ˁámok dáfaˁ énhi díˀho kelíˀi ‘There was rain in our place and the wadi came down and blocked my way, (preventing me) from joining my calves with their mothers. I called a man from the other side (of the wadi), saying: “Release for me my two calves to their mothers”’ (field notes)
other notes
In Naumkin et al. 2014b:41, 62, the verb is erroneously aduced as belonging to Ia stem.
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