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Soqotri Lexicon
ڛحُاس
ŝḥos (yéŝḥos/ľiŝḥás)
basic morphological information
text examples
wa-ḳeṣáfes wa-ŝḥáses nuṣṣéyn ‘He cut it (a frankincense tree) down and split it into two halves’ (CSOL I 29:17)
morphological notes
pass. ŝḥas (yeŝóuḥos/ľiŝḥós)
Passive forms mean ‘to be ready for pollination (palm-trees)’:
séḷokk ḷe-gáḥi kor enóbet tímhɛr di-ŝḥas ‘I had to cross the wadi in order to pollinate my palm-trees, those which were ready for pollination’ (CSOL II 12:26)
root
derivates
- ŝaḥs half, cut, slice