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√KḤL
(EgAr) a variety of blueweed (Echium cericeum V.; bot.) [Natternkopf] – WehrCowan1979. [Wahrmund1887: Ochsenzunge]
Feminine of ʔakḥalᵘ, the plant being called after its colour. (The borage or forget-me-not family, Boraginaceae, tends to have bluish flowers.)
The form is obviously a feminine form of the colour adj. ↗ʔakḥalᵘ, the plant being called after its (blue) colour. – Cf. also †kaḥaylāʔᵘ ‘Ochsenzunge’ and †kaḥl pl. ʔakāḥilᵘ ‘ein Grüngewürz’ (Wahrmund).
► takaḥḥala, vb. V, †to be covered with freshly blossoming plants (Wahrmund1887): rather from ↗ʔakḥalᵘ than from kaḥlāʔᵘ.
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