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أٞچْفٞى
éžfe (yežófe/ľóžfe)
basic morphological information
text examples
ḳéṣaˁ ḷe-ḥaḷf deʰ di-tegodíḥin ˁeʸh eṣṭíˁoʰ di-šɔm kor yežófe ˁeʸh ˁan šéyhom ‘He stood on the side that the sun’s heat was coming from, in order to shade him from the sun’s heat.’ (CSOL II 7:6)
root
derivates
- žiféˀeʰ 1. shadow; 2. apparition
etymology
From Proto-MSA *gfy ‘to give shadow’.
continental MSA
- Jib. gɔ́fεˀ shadow