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Soqotri Lexicon
مٞشتٞبهٞن
méšteb (du. meštíbi, pl. méštob, f. meštéboʰ, du. meštebóti, pl. meštebhéten or meštebéten)
basic morphological information
adj.
1. poor; 2. hungry, emaciated
бедный, голодный
فقير
LS 252; Naumkin–Kogan 2021 :527; CSOL III 220
бедный, голодный
فقير
text examples
1. taˁtébor men merέŝi di-ˀaḷ-meštebhéten ‘Look out for a wife from a family other than the ordinary one’ (Naumkin–Kogan 2021:527)
2. inέm šeʸh deʰ sέrɛd di-boḳ méšteb ‘What happened to this goat kid? Why is it so emaciated?’ (Bulakh 2024:203)
root
derivates
- ˀéšteb to be hungry, emaciated due to lack of food