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Arabic
šaˁfat- - lock of hair
(BK 1 1240, Lane 1562)
Likely with a secondary ˁ in Arb. (under the influence of šaˁr ‘hair’ ?); cf. a re-duplicated stem in M. Eth. and no trace of ˁ in other Sem.
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PS
*ŝVp-
- tuft of hair
(SED I 259, Kogan 2015: 539)