# \*ʕVḳip-: 'twist'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕVḳip-, 'twist': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕVḳip- |
| Meaning | 'twist' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 368 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕqf \[-i-\]; ʿaqafa 'he bent it; crooked it; made it hooked'; inʿaqafa 'it became bent, or crooked' (Lane 2112) | Lane 2112 |  |
| Geez | taʿaqfa (LGz. 67) | LGz. 67 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

LGz. 67 sets Arabic ʿaqafa 'bend, make hooked' beside Geez ʾaʿqafa 'trip someone, make stumble, hinder' and taʿaqfa 'stumble, … be crooked, be perverse'. Not 3016 \*ʕVḳVl- 'turn, bend, twist'.

## Linked from

- [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>)

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