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