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حِيبِس
ḥíbis
basic morphological information
v. n.
enclosing
запирание
حَبْس
fieldwork
запирание
حَبْس
text examples
tíyoʰ še óˀoz írhɛz men góniyeʰ wa-ḷaṭ ḥébosk tos be-ḥor wa-díˀʸho ḷe-ḥíbis éhre ˁámok yɛy ḥas téroy óˀoz rího šéˁe ˁouyέghɛn wa-díˀʸheʰ ḷe-šáˁi ḳeḷέmoʰ šeʸh id-ḳáneʰ di-ḳáˁar wa-ɛgímens ˁaf néḷoy bes ‘My goat ate some rice from a sack. After that, I enclosed it in a shelter. After I had enclosed it, it escaped from the shelter. I said: “What a misfortune! The goat will drink water!” One of my sons ran to catch it. While he was running, the goat jumped into a house with him, and we blocked its way until we managed to catch it’ (fieldwork)
root
etymology
PCS *ḥbš to tie, to band