▪ ĠWL_1 ‘…’ ↗… ▪ ĠWL_2 ‘…’ ↗…♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to kill by stealth; to devour; to overwhelm, to deprive of reason, intoxication, materials affecting the mind or judgement; to seize; ghoul, troll, adder’
▪ … ▪ … ▪ From Ar root √ĠWL ‘to snatch, grab, destroy’ – Huehnergard2011. …
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl Algol, ghoul, from Ar (al‑)ġūl ‘(the) desert demon, ogre, ghoul’, from ġāla, vb. I, ‘to snatch, grab, destroy’.