ڛَبْح
ŝabḥ
basic morphological information

n. (m.)

fat
жир
شَحْم
Nakano 1986:19; CSOL I 664; CSOL II 597
text examples

wa-nokíˁin ŝabḥ di-déḷaḳ wa-ʸheʰ ˁad aḷ-ḳídɛr ‘Then bring a large portion of the animal fat which has not been boiled’ (CSOL II 3:7)

 

semantic notes

‘Inner part of a tree branch, pith’:

ḳóuṣaf men ri wa-men ľéḥe góuḷof wa-ḷaṭ ḥóuṣaḳ ˁaf ľišɛ́rḳaḥ mes ŝabḥ ‘And it (a branch) is cut from above and from below, then a small ring of bark is removed from it. Then it (the remaining bark) is twisted till the core of the branch goes out’ (CSOL I 18:4)

root
etymology

From PWS *ŝabḥ/*ŝVbḥ- ‘fat’.

continental MSA