n.

ḷaḷ yaˁágob ḥéyhi ṣaḷf di-tɔ́mer yeḥóurɛ men tɔ́mer mešórḳiḥ wa-keʰ bíŝi ḥeb gedíd yeˁúmor di-méľľaʰ ‘When somebody wants to make some date drink, he looks for dates that have stayed for a few years – but if there is none, then for the recent ones’ (CSOL III 37:12)

• éṣḷef to dilute
• ṣéḷof to be close to ripeness
• ṣiľífeʰ a date close to ripeness