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Soqotri Lexicon
ڸٞبْهُن
ḷébhon (du. ḷebáni, pl. ḷebέneʰ, f. ḷebíneʰ, du. ḷebiníti, pl. ḷebhinítin)
text examples
a. ḷébhon ˁan ŝḥaf wa-ˁáfer ˁan dor ráḳaḥ di-témreʰ ‘Whiter than milk, redder than blood – date palm inflorescence.’ (a riddle) (CSOL II 12:22)
b. yešráḳaḥ meʸh néŝyes ṭéṭho tóˀo žed gémed ḷébhon ‘Things like splinters appeared from it, like this, similar to tendons, solid and white.’ (CSOL I 18:43)
root
derivates
- di-ḷebenénoʰ sort of date palm
- eḷbínin to become white
- ḷebɛníye a mixture of cement and water without sand
- eḷbέynhin whiteness
etymology
From PWS *laban- ‘white’.