▪ SḤL_1 ‘...’ ↗... ▪ SḤL_2 ‘...’ ↗... ▪ SḤL_3 ‘...’ ↗...♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to scrape off, strip off, slice; to strike; shore of a sea or a great river’
▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl Swahili, from Ar sawāḥilī ‘of the coast, Swahili’, from sawāḥil, pl. of sāḥil ‘coast’, PA of ↗saḥala ‘to scrape off, smooth, plane’; Sahel, from Ar ↗sāḥil ‘coast’, PA of saḥala.