sulaḥfāẗ سُلَحْفاة , var. silaḥfāẗ, pl., salāḥifᵘ
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turtle, tortoise – WehrCowan1976.
▪ From protSem *šalaḥpaw/y-, *šalapḥaw/y- / *salaḥpaw/y-, *salapḥaw/y- ‘turtle’ – MilitarevKogan2005 (SED II) #202.
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▪ MilitarevKogan2005 (SED II) #202: Akk šeleppû (šelappû, šelippû) ‘turtle; a snake’, šeleppûtu ‘she-turtle’ (from oAkk on), Ebl ša-la-pù-um, interpreted as /šalaḥpuyum/ ‘taratuga’ in Conti 1990:67 (cf. also Civil 1984b:90), Ar sulaḥfà, sulḥafà, sulaḥfāʔ, sulaḥfāẗ, sulaḥfiyaẗ ‘turtle’; Mhr salefḥōt ‘turtle’ (poss. < Ar); ? Syr slwpytʔ ‘testudo’: likely an Akkadism.
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▪ Cf. also a number of forms with z- in Ar dialects: zəḥəlfa ‘turtle’, zaḥlīfe ‘lizard’, zíləḥfe, zilḥifa ‘turtle’ – MilitarevKogan2005 (SED II) #202.
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►sulaḥfāʔiyyaẗ, n.f., dawdling, dilatoriness: abstr. formation in ‑iyyaẗ.
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