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حَمْئِيه
ḥámˀiʰ
basic morphological information
n. (f.)
clarified butter
топлёное масло
سمن
LS 179; CSOL I 558; CSOL II 478; Naumkin et al. 2015a:71
топлёное масло
سمن
text examples
wa-yeˁúmor beʸh ṭaḳíḳ di-šeˁír waľľá írhɛz waľľá ṭaḳíḳ di-bámbeʰ wa-yeˁúḳaḷ ˁaf ľibhóḷ yenóutog yéken ḥámˀiʰ ‘Then coarsely ground barley or rice or millet is added, and this is left until ready. Then it is removed from the fire. This is clarified butter’ (CSOL II 2:27)
other notes
ḥámˀiʰ di-ŝabḥ ‘melted animal fat’: wa-ľázem ḥámˀiʰ di-ŝabḥ téˁem ḷe-ḥézhɛḷ di-tɛʰ ‘And the melted fat must cover the pieces of meat’ (CSOL II 3:11)
root
etymology
PS *ḫimˀ-at- clarified butter
continental MSA
- Hrs. ḥāmi clarified butter