عٞاد
ˁed
basic morphological information

n. (m.)

life
жизнь
نفس
LS 298; CSOL I 485; CSOL II 401; Naumkin et al. 2015a:59
text examples

a. etóger kenk díˀʸho ˁed ‘I’ll buy my life from you!’ (Naumkin et al. 2015a:11)

b. nέhɛrk ḷe-míˀšer be-kɛndhíyo di-ḥíghɛḷ yenázaˁ teľḥáḳ ˁey ˁasέ taˀáẓ̂aˁš be-ˁed ‘I passed by a billy-goat gasping in pain by the stones around the bottom of a palm-tree. Try to catch it, perhaps you’ll still find it alive.’ (CSOL II 30:20)

semantic notes

‘End of life, time of death’:  

ˁö́mor yey ˁaf gédaḥ díˀʸho ˁed ‘He said: “No, my life is gone (lit. the end of my life has come)”’. (CSOL II 1:77)

other notes

be-ḥay mek ˁed ‘By your life!’ (a formula of swearing):

be-ḥay mek ˁed kaḷ ekóbki ‘I swear by your life that we will enter!’ (CSOL II 20:53)

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