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Soqotri Lexicon
شٞاصٞب
šéṣeb (yešéṣeb/ľišéṣab)
basic morphological information
v. (X)
to anticipate in one’s heart a certain victory or success
предвкушать победу или успех
انتظر الفوز قبل حدوثه
CSOL II 394
предвкушать победу или успех
انتظر الفوز قبل حدوثه
text examples
a. šéṣeb heʸh náˁaʰ sémek tóˀo énkaˁ díˀʸheʰ gemɔ́hɔḷ ‘He was anticipating his triumph for having brought the she-camels.’ (CSOL II 1:92)
b. ˁö́mor énhi ṭad díˀɛʰ siyáraʰ aḷ-tešráḳaḥ ḷe-ḥaʰ ḷe-deš óˀorem ber ˁíẓ̂oʰ šéṣeb énhi diˀáḷ díˀʸho siyáraʰ ber tešráḳaḥ ‘Someone told me: Your car won’t make it up there, on that road, because it is rough.” But I felt certain of my car (because I knew) that it would go up.’ (CSOL II 1:92)
semantic notes
The verb is used impersonally, the experiencer is introduced by the preposition e-.
‘Somebody (e-) anticipated his or her success concerning something (diˀáḷ)’: b.
root
derivates
- éṣṭeb to be straight
- ṣóteb or ṣáteb to be straight; to go straight ahead
- méṣṭeb straight