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Soqotri Lexicon
ڛٞقٞر
ŝᵉḳer
basic morphological information
text examples
ŝᵉḳer έˀɛfoʰ tóˀo aḷ-ḷísoʰ ‘People were suffering from the drought, because there was no rain’ (Bulakh 2024:203)
other notes
Also used impersonally: (IV) ŝᵉḳeroʰ (f.) (ŝáḳar/ḷáŝḳar) ‘to bring drought (impersonal): tóˀo kɔn ŝáḳar dɛ́ḥɛm érhon wa-ratáˁaš ‘When we had drought, (our) goats became emaciated and meager’ (Bulakh 2024:152)
root
derivates
- ŝáḳar 1. drought; 2. starvation
- (3 sg. f.) ŝiḳároʰ to happen (drought)