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Soqotri Lexicon
شٞبٞب
šᵉbeb (yešbéb/ľášbɛb or ľišbέb)
basic morphological information
v. (IV)
to stay upon the top of a precipice
стоять на краю пропасти
مكث على حافة هاوية
Bulakh 2024:146
стоять на краю пропасти
مكث على حافة هاوية
text examples
ŝínik sέrɛd férhe di-šebeb ḷe-méḳṣeʰ di-ṭíyoʰ tóˀo hímaˁ ḷέhɛy díˀʸheʰ di-bíyoʰ men méḳhim men gέmeʰ ‘I saw a feral kid goat standing on the rim of a precipice, as he heard the bleating of his mother from the bottom of the precipice below’ (Bulakh 2024:146)
root
derivates
- šᵉbeb to bend down over something, to look at something downwards