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Arabic
ṣulṣul- - wood-pigeon, wild dove
(BK 1 1361, Lane 1711, LA XI 384)
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PCS
*ṣulṣVl-
- (wild) dove
Central Semitic only unless Akk. ṣililītu ‘a bird’ (CAD Ṣ 188, AHw. 1100) is compared (attested in lexical lists, according to Salonen 1973 262, possibly to be identified with Passer domesticus)