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Soqotri Lexicon
نٞاقَت
néḳat (yenáḳat/ľinḳát)
basic morphological information
v. (Ia)
to pick up, to select
подбирать, выбирать
التقط، اختار
CSOL III, ft. 599
подбирать, выбирать
التقط، اختار
text examples
wa-báˁad-aḷ ˁotéber di-ˀaˁbóren ˁéyhen gédeḥ wa-néḳet ḥe men ˁamḳ di-ˀέˀɛfo ˁímɛr ɛ zóˁom wa-ˀaḷ-tenέhɛr ḷe-ḥa ˁeŝk wa-ho ḥastik wa-šferɛyšk ḷe-nɔ́fin tóˀo níḳat ḥe ˁan έˀɛfo ‘After they looked at what we’d handed them, they came back and singled me out from among the men. And they said: “You must stay here, and will not go onward.” So I got up, and I was ashamed and blushed that I’d been singled out instead of any of the others’ (CSOL III 19:18)
morphological notes
pass. níḳat (yenóuḳat/ľinḳót)
root
derivates
- nɛtéḳat or notéḳat 1. to go one by one; 2. to die one by one, to disappear gradually; 3. to come off, to drop off
- nö́ḳat to watch closely in order to pick out something or someone; to pick out