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Soqotri Lexicon
عُافِين
ˁófin (yeˁofínin/ľiˁáfɛn)
basic morphological information
v. (II)
to wrap, to cover (ripening date clusters from wind)
заворачивать, покрывать (гроздья фиников от порывов ветра)
غلّف أعذاق النخيل
CSOL II 404
заворачивать, покрывать (гроздья фиников от порывов ветра)
غلّف أعذاق النخيل
text examples
a. wa-kaḷ ˁefénoʰ témreʰ be-ŝέte teṣáfaḳ médeʰ mes bέˀi wa-yenέkod wa-yéẓ̂ẓ̂oḷ ‘And if a palm tree on the northern coast is not protected, the wind will tear the dates off of it, they will fall and be lost’ (CSOL II 11:6)
b. ˀaḷ-yeˁefénen tóˀo di-men-ŝέte ‘They are not protected with sacks as the di-men-ŝέte trees are’ (CSOL II 11:18)
morphological notes
pass. ˁéfɛn (yeˁefénen/ľiˁéfon)
root
derivates
- meˁéfen protective bag for date clusters
etymology
From PWS *ġpn ‘to wrap, to cover’.