آٞص
eṣ (yéˀṣeṣ/ľi(ˀ)ṣáṣ)
basic morphological information

v. (Ib)

to be afraid
бояться
خاف
LS 55; CSOL I 478; CSOL II 394 ; Naumkin et al. 2016a:56
text examples

a. sáṭahan di-ˀeṣ áḷḷaʰ ‘The Sultan Who Feared God’ (CSOL I 27 title)

b. wa-ho aḷ-ˁak ˁodk ľiˀénneʰ éˀtoḷk eṣk tos ‘But I did not go (there) anymore, because I was scared. I was afraid of her’ (CSOL II 16:17)

c. ŝínik ˁážeʰ ŝíbib wa-ˀeṣk tos kaḷ bes zédeg ‘I saw an old woman and was afraid she might be possessed by an evil spirit’ (CSOL I 6:45)

morphological notes

3 sg. f. íṣoʰ

semantic notes

‘To be afraid of somebody (direct object)’ (a, b).

root
etymology

Directly comparable to Mhr. yeṣ ‘to be afraid’. With Leslau (LS 55), probably related to Arb. ˀaṣīṣ- ‘trembling’.