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Soqotri Lexicon
صَعلِيفُو
ṣaˁľífoʰ (du. ṣaˁľifóti, pl. ṣáˁḷof)
basic morphological information
text examples
ḥármoŝk heʸh be-ṣáˁḷof di-ˀéˀteb ‘I rustled towards him with leaves of an éˀteb-tree’ (Naumkin et al. 2022:259)
root
etymology
The origin of Proto-MSA *ṣaγlaf(-at)- ‘leaf’ is uncertain. Leslau’s (LS 354) comparison with Hbr. sāˁīp ‘twig’ and Arb. saˁaf- ‘(leaves of) palm branches’ is highly tentative.