א־פ־ל
Hebrew
Etymology
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The "darkness" sense is cognate to Arabic ء ف ل (ʾ-f-l).
Root
א־פ־ל • (ʾ-p-l)
- Related to dimming, darkening.
- Related to late ripening.
Derived terms
Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־פ־ל (0 c, 1 e)
Further reading
- “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, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 47b
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “אָפִיל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 46c