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Soqotri Lexicon
عَيْن
ˁayn (du. ˁáyni, pl. ˁeyhónten)
basic morphological information
n. (f.)
1. eye; 2. spring
1. глаз; 2. источник
عين
LS 308; CSOL I 505; CSOL II 421; Naumkin et al. 2013a:73; Naumkin et al. 2015a:63; ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:543 (line 87)
1. глаз; 2. источник
عين
text examples
1.
a. aḷ-ˁad šémteḷ wa-kíˀi yeẓ̂áfẓ̂ef be-ˁayn ‘He was unable to speak and just blinked his eyes’ (CSOL I 29:26)
b. ʸhálaḥ ˁag be-ẓ̂ayέfeʰ ˁaf teˀóteˀš ˁayn ‘The man was jumping so much during the wedding-feast that he caught an evil eye’ (Naumkin et al. 2013a:73)
2.
a. be-zemán aľ-ˀáwwaľ ˁayn di-Ḳíso ˁayn ḳínoʰ ḳínoʰ kɛ́rhen temóḷe ḳáŝˁer ‘In times of old, there was a spring in Qiso, a very small one—just enough to fill a water-skin’ (CSOL I 7:1)
b. wa-ˀége wa-šḥaṭ óˀoben wa-šérḳaḥ mes ˁáŝer wa-tri ˁeyhónten ir-rího ‘And he struck and split the stone and twelve springs of water came forth from it’ (ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:543 (line 87)
semantic notes
Also used with the meaning ‘evil eye’ (1b)
root
derivates
- di-ˁeyhɔ́nten trachoma
- ˁéyyon to have an evil eye
etymology
PS *ˁayn- eye