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Soqotri Lexicon
meftáḥ (pl. mefέtiḥ)
basic morphological information
text examples
a. ˁö́mor ríˀišk tok inέm meftáḥ aľ-gánna ‘The Muslim said: “I ask you herewith: what is the key to Paradise?”’ (ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:549 line 153);
b. édof kénhi ˁouyέghɛn mefέtiḥ di-siyáraʰ wa-kédom ˁéʸhen šímeʰ wa-ˁéʸhef ‘My son took from me the keys of my car and buried them in the sand, so they were lost’ (Naumkin et al. 2015b:50).
morphological notes
pl. mefέtiḥ (Naumkin et al. 2015b:51)
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derivates
etymology
Borrowed from Arabic.