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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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²ʔibhām إبْهام , pl. ʔabāhīmᵘ 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BHM_3 
n. 
thumb; big toe – WehrCowan1979. 
▪ Kogan2011: prob. akin to protSem *b˅h˅n ‘thumb’.
▪ It is not clear whether Ar has preserved an original final *‑m or whether this has developed from an earlier form in *‑n.
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▪ DRS 2 (1994)#BHM/N: Akk ubān‑ ‘doigt’, Hbr bōhen, Ar ʔibhām, dial bihām, bāhim, Mhr hābīn ‘pouce’. 
▪ Fronzaroli#2.86 reconstructs Sem *buhān‑ ‘finger’, Kogan2011 has Sem *b˅h˅n‑ ‘thumb’.
▪ DRS 2 (1994)#BHM/N: »Une reconstruction de la forme proto-Sem reste problématique« (*BHM or *BHN ?).
▪ Neither ʔibhām nor bāhim look as if they were the proper etymon. Rather are they derived from s.th. else that however has not left other traces.
▪ A connection with BHM_1 ‘(to be) unable to speak, dumb’ or BHM_2 ‘animal, cattle’ can well be excluded; see ↗BHM. 
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► bāhim, n., big toe.
 
BWʔ بوء 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BWʔ 
“root” 
▪ BWʔ_1 ‘milieu, surroundings, environment, climate’ ↗bīʔaẗ
▪ BWʔ_2 ‘…’ ↗…

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘dwelling, home, abode, residence; to take up a place for settling in, to provide abode for others; to take a wife, marriage; to come back; to incur; to admit; situation; equality’ 
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