عِيفٞف
ˁífef (du. ˁifífi, pl. ˁífof)
basic morphological information

n. (m.)

goat kid (male or female)
козлёнок (самец или самка)
جدي
LS 319; CSOL I 487; CSOL II 404
text examples

a. yeˀóte díˀʸheʰ ˁífof ḷe-ṭad ṭad wa-yebóḷeg kúľľeʰ ṭad díˀʸheʰ di-nóger ‘He let the goat kids suckle with their mothers, one at a time, and placed each in its pit’ (CSOL I 6:16)

b. wa-kúľľeʰ óˀoz ḳeṣóˁoʰ ḷe-díˀseʰ ḷe-ˁífef be-nóger ‘Each mother goat went to stand over the pit where its kid was’ (CSOL I 6:17)


 

morphological notes

dim. ˁafífyhin (pl. ˁaféfyhon) (CSOL I 487, Bulakh 2022:210)

etymology

For a somewhat tentative Semitic etymology cf. SED II No. 49.

By regular expression