عڸحُڸ
ˁáľḥeľ, ˁáḷḥoḷ (du. ˁaľḥíľi, pl. ˁaḷáḥεḷ)
basic morphological information

n. (m.)

a tree (Anisotes diversifolius)
вид дерева (Anisotes diversifolius)
نوع من أنواع الشجر
CSOL II 408; Miller–Morris 2004:400–401; Morris 2022:313
text examples

wa-ḷaṭ yeŝóukof be-trɔ ṭárbi yeˁumɛ́roʰ tóˀo míŝkɛk men ˁáľḥeľ wáľľa men métrer wa-ḷaṭ yeˁúṣam ˁeʸh súwa ˁaf ľiṭár wa-ˀaḷ-ľišɛ́rḳaḥ meʸh rob ‘Then two sticks, made of the ˁ.-tree or the m.-tree and sharpened like skewers, are crossed at the mouth of the skin, then bound to hold fast so the date syrup does not run out’ (CSOL II 11:24)

root
etymology

As we learn from Miller–Morris 2004:404, the Western Soqotri shape of this botanical terms suggests the prototype *ˁalγal-, which Morris translates as ‘lovely, beautiful’. No such adjective is present in our files as yet. Further etymology unknown.

ˁáľḥeľ, ˁáḷḥoḷ
ˁáľḥeľ, ˁáḷḥoḷ