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Soqotri Lexicon
بسيطات
basíṭat
basic morphological information
text examples
emáraṭ ˁag menáḷ yhe kor yezáˁa ménhi miráṭe tri bɛhɛḷenóti be-ˁáže di-ˀaḷ-basíṭat ḷaḷ yéṣrer bes mɛr wáľľa ˁáḷe di-ḳásḳes aḷ-ˁad de be-ḥoz šέḷḳef ˁag ľišέˀɛf ses wa-ˀámme de di-ˁad fáḥre ŝi aḷ-kɔn ‘I would like to give a piece of advice to every man, wherever he is, and he should follow my advice. There are two little things in a woman that are not easy (to overcome): when her belly hurts and when her tooth aches. When one of these two occurs, it is not meet for a man to sleep with her. As for the rest (of pains and troubles), they are is nothing (i.e., copulation is possible and even curative)”’ (CSOL III 13:10)
root
etymology
An Arabism (Wehr 58)