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Soqotri Lexicon
عٞجْهَم
ˁéghɛm (m. du. ˁegέmi, m. pl. ˁágyhɛm, f. sg. ˁegémeʰ, f. du. ˁegemíti, m. pl. ˁegheméten)
basic morphological information
adj.
dumb, mute
немой
أبكمُ
CSOL III
немой
أبكمُ
text examples
nábaḥ ṭad méʸhen ˁö́mor yɔʰ dóufɛ aḷ-tšámaˁ ḷaḷ šemóutoḷ ˁámok wa-ten ˁágyhɛm ḷaḷ tšemέteḷ aḷ-maˁḳúľ ken dóufɛ ľihmáˁ ˁéghɛm ‘Then one of them yelled: “Are you deaf?! Don’t you hear when somebody’s talking to you?” But I said: “Well, as for you, you’re mute when you talk. Is it conceivable that a deaf man can hear a mute?”’ (CSOL III 14:41)
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derivates
etymology
PWS *ˁgm to block, to stop