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Soqotri Lexicon
شٞمعِييٞه
šemˁíyyeʰ
basic morphological information
n. (f.)
oil lamp, kerosene lamp
масляная лампа, керосиновая лампа
شمعة
CSOL I 660; Bulakh et al. 2021:246
масляная лампа, керосиновая лампа
شمعة
text examples
wa-ˀeḳṣémoʰ šamˁíyyeʰ kor yešóbes seʰ ˁážeʰ ḳáŝˁer di-ˁasέľ ‘Then she turned off the lamp so the man would mistake the skin with honey for a woman’ (CSOL I 26:110)
root
etymology
An Arabism (Wehr 568)