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Arabic
šarāˁat- - corde de l’arc (bowstring)
(BK 1 1217)
A clear meaning shift from ‘tendon’.
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PS
*ŝVry/w/ˁ-, *ŝVry/ ˁ-ān-
- (Achilles) tendon; sinew, muscle (of leg)
(SED I No. 268)
A very difficult case (v. SED I).