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faʔl فَأْل , pl. fuʔūl , ʔafʔul
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ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
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good omen, favorable auspice; optimistic outlook, hope; omen, auspice, sign – WehrCowan1994
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According to Orel&Stolbova1994, the word goes back to AfrAs *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to foretell’, which itself is related to AfrAs *fal‑/*faʔ˅l‑ ‘magic word, omen’.
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▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#769: Ar fʔl, Gz fwl ‘to foretell fortune’. Cf. Hbr plʔ ‘confirm miracles’. – Cognates in HEC *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to deceive’. – Related to (#774) Śḥr fol, Mhr fōl, Ḥrs fōl.1 . Cognates in Eg *fnn.wy‑ (partial redupl) ‘magic words’ (pyr), Agaw *fal‑ ‘omen’, SA *fal‑ ‘omen’, and LEC *fal‑ ‘omen’ (e.g., Som faal).
1. According to the authors, there is “no direct correspondance in Ar”, but this is evidently not right, cf. our lemma!
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▪ 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.

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