قُاصِل
ḳóṣiľ (yeḳoṣíľin/ľiḳáṣaḷ)
المعلومات األساسية الصرفية

v. (II)

to cut
резать
قصّ الشعر؛ قطع
LS 381
الأمثلة النصية

ḷaḷ yeḳoṣíľin ḥéyhe béṣľeʰ tedɛmíˁin meʸh ˁayníti ‘When a person cuts an onion, his eyes exhume tears’ (field notes)

جذر
االشتياق اللغوي

With Leslau (LS 381), to be compared to Arb. qṣl ‘to cut’. As argued in Kogan 2015:447, further related may be the Ethiopian designations of “leaf”, such as Gez. ḳʷaṣl, Tna. ḳʷäṣli, Amh. ḳeṭäl, Sod. ḳeṭäl, Har. ḳuṭṭi.