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Click to Expand/Collapse OptionEtymArab
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NFS نفس 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
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“root” 
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Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘blood, life; breath, to breathe; (of soul, dawn or daylight) to break out, mind, the self, the psyche, discerning faculty, person, essence; the evil eye, to give the evil eye; to slacken, to release; precious, treasure, to treasure, to yearn for, to vie, to compete; to envy, to covet, to be sparing, to be niggardly’ 

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ID 866 • Sw – • BP 44, 805 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
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▪ Kogan2011: from protSem *napš‑ ‘soul’ (as receptacle of vital energy).
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘soul’) Akk napištu, Hbr nép̄eš, Syr nap̄šā, Gz nafs.
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