جَرْيٞف
gέryɛf
basic morphological information

n.

a company of volunteers called to perform a collective task
команда добровольцев, которых зовут на помощь для выполнения общей задачи
مجموعة من المتطوعين المستدعين لأداء مهمة جماعية
CSOL III, ft. 643
text examples

šénked ḥe méftaḥ di-siyára di-ˁamḳ di-ˀeḳḥízo wa-ˀékob di-ḳáne di-néḳheľ ḥérek ḷeḥánḳarš men ḳáne di-néḳheľ wa-ˀaḷ-šérḳaḥ ˁar aḷ-míṭaˀk toy súwa ken ḥaḷf di-yekófed wa-ˀö́bhon aḷ-yegobésen ḥéyhe bɛr ḥóriš ľiḳḷέbsen kaḷ ke gérof gέryɛf wáľľa dísaks di-ḳeḷɛbótsen ‘My car key fell out of my hand and into the stones in a river-bed, dropping into a recess between the stones. I tried to fish it out of the recess, but it wouldn’t come out because I couldn’t reach into it the way I needed to, for the opening was tight and the stones were so heavy that I’d have needed to gather a group of volunteers or bring in a bulldozer to move them’ (CSOL III 19:55)

root
derivates
  • gérof 1. to look for one’s livestock in the afternoon; 2. to ask people for help; 3. to collect dried dates into sacks
  • égref to offer dinner to somebody
  • gírif looking for one's livestock in the evening
  • mégref worker; one of the company of volunteers called to perform a collective task