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صٞلْهٞل

ṣéľheľ (du. ṣeḷíľi, pl. ṣóḷhoḷ)

basic morphological information

n. (m.)

a little wadi
русло небольшого пересыхающего потока
وادٍ صغير

LS 352; CSOL I 652; CSOL II 585

text examples

éḳdomk ˁes be-ṣéľheľ ˁíggoʰ ‘I saw it (the goat) in a little valley, and it had already given birth.’ (CSOL I 18:19)

morphological notes

dim. ṣaḷέḷhɛn

semantic notes

ṣaḷέḷhɛn di-ˁáreb ‘hollow between the neck cartilages’ (CSOL II 12:25)

root

ṣll 1

etymology

Etymologically obscure. Cf. perhaps Hbr. ṣll to sink’, meṣōlā/meṣūlā ‘the deep, depth’. Hardly related to Gez. ṣalala ‘to float upon’.