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Arabic
ˁaṣab- - (coll.) nerfs
(BK 2 268, Lane 2058)
Reconstruction
PWS
*ˁa(n)ṣab-
- sinew, nerves
(SED I No. 16)
Poorly attested; the MSA terms may be Arabisms. The Tgr. form is hardly an Arb. loan pace [Leslau Loanwords 166].