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                Soqotri Lexicon
              
            
                  ضَڸْع
                
              
                  ẓ̂aḷˁ (du. ẓ̂áḷˁi, pl. ẓ̂íľaˁ)
                
                
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                1. ẓ̂íľaˁ ḷaḷ yeḳóuder wa-yebéheḷ yeˁóubor e-ˀemboríyeʰ kor yeḳárḥem ‘When ribs are boiled and are ready for consumption, they are given to children to suck the meat from the bones’ (field notes)
2. be-kúľľeʰ be-ẓ̂aḷˁ yešráḳaḥ meʸh néŝyes ṭéṭho tóˀo žed gémed ḷébhon ‘Then things like splinters appeared from each side, like this, similar to tendons, solid and white’ (CSOL I 18:43)
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                    etymology
                  
                  
                From PS *ṣ̂ilaˁ- ‘rib’.