▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#769 and #774 reconstruct Sem *p˅ʔ˅l‑ ‘to foretell fortune’ and HEC *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to deceive’, both from AfrAs *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to foretell’ which is related to AfrAs *fal‑ /*faʔ˅l‑ ‘magic word, omen’, whence Sem *faʔl‑ ‘omen’, Eg *fnn.wy‑ (partial redupl) ‘magic words’ (pyr), Agaw *fal‑ ‘omen’, SA *fal‑ ‘omen’, and LEC *fal‑ ‘omen’.
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►qaraʔa ’l-faʔl, vb., to tell fortunes, predict the future.
►tafāʔala, vb. VI, to regard as a good omen, as an auspicious beginning; to be optimistic: denom.
►BP#3721tafāʔul, n., optimism: vn. VI. ►BP#4971mutafāʔil, adj., optimistic; n., optimist: PA VI.