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كٞاس

kes (yekós/ľákɛs)

basic morphological information

v. (IV)

to hide (intrans.)
прятаться
تخبأ

LS 215; CSOL I 469; CSOL II 384

text examples

a. wa-kes ˁouyɛ́ghɛn ˁan díˀʸheʰ bɛ́bɛʰ tóˀo éḳdem ˁaf yeṭáreb ˁan deš ˁážeʰ ‘After seeing this, the boy hid from his father until he had dismounted’ (CSOL I 5:13)

b. ṭéher megɔ́še ˁaf yekés ḷe-ˁag ‘The boys went and hid from the man’ (CSOL I 6:41)

semantic notes

‘To hide from somebody (ˁan)’ (a)

‘To hide from somebody (ḷe-)’ (b)

root

ˀks

etymology

Probably to be compared to Arb. wks ‘to be less, to diminish’ and especially waks- ‘lunar eclipse’ (LA 6 310). An eventual relationship to PS *ksw ‘to cover, to hide’ is conceivable.