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مٞرْعٞب
mérˁeb or érˁeb (du. merˁíbi, pl. meráˁab)
basic morphological information
text examples
a. mérˁeb ʸheʰ yenúfaˁ men ö́bhon róukob óˀoben ṭᵃhar óˀoben wa-seʰ ḥóuḷɛ hes ḥóʸhi wa-ḷaṭ róukob wa-ṭánˀeʰ fáḥre ˁaf menáḷ taˁgób ɛʰ taˁmέr ‘The central pillar is made of stones. One stone is put on another: some mud is applied beneath the second stone and then is put on top of the first stone. And with each stone you do like this until you reach the height you want to build’ (CSOL II 12:3)
b. ˁámok nɔ́fin triʰ ḳáˁri ṭeʸh ḳeṭáneʰ bíŝi bes mérˁeb wa-ṭeʸh ŝíbib di-trɔ merˁíbi wa-še térbak di-ˀérhon di-bes arbáˁaʰ meráˁab ‘I made for myself two houses: a tiny one, with no central pillar, and a big one, with two pillars. And I have a goat pen in which there are four pillars’ (CSOL II 12:3)
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