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Jibbali
ˁaṣbέt - condition of having headaches
(JL 16)
Looks like a late semantic development; note that in [JH 10] the same Jib. word is quoted untranslated obviously implying the same meaning ‘sinew, nerve’ as in Hrs.
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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].