א־פ־ל

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The "darkness" sense is cognate to Arabic ء ف ل (ʔ-f-l).

Root

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א־פ־ל (ʾ-p-l)

  1. Related to dimming, darkening.
  2. Related to late ripening.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • א־פ־ל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • א־פ־ל”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾPL”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 98
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “אפל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 47b
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “אָפִיל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 46c