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Proto-MSA
*γṣ̂n - to love
(Kogan 2015:556)
The origin is unknown. Compared with Arb.
γḍn
(III) ‘to talk or act with the woman in an amatory and enticing manner, with the contracting of the eyes so as to wrinkle the lids’
Words
Mehri
γáyẑən
- to feel love or compassion for smb
(ML 149)
Jibbali
γéẓ̂ən
- to feel compassion for smb
(JL 93)