*ṣVlVl-: 'ravine, wadi'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ṣVlVl-
Meaning	'ravine, wadi'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline 1518

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Mehri	ṣəlwīl (ML 363 apud SEDonline 1518)	ML 363; SEDonline 1518	gloss withheld
Jibbali	ṣélél (JL 239 apud SEDonline 1518)	JL 239; SEDonline 1518	gloss withheld
Modern South Arabian	Bathari ṣelyīl (Gasparini - Morris 2025 96 apud SEDonline 1518)	SEDonline 1518	gloss withheld
Soqotri	ṣə́ľhəľ (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.4.1 no. 99)	Kogan 2015 ch. 8 §3.4.1 no. 99	gloss withheld

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Notes

Proto-MSA *ṣVlVl- 'ravine, wadi' (SEDonline 1518). Cf. perhaps Hbr. ṣll 'to sink' and especially məṣūlā 'depth, deep' (Kogan 2015:570 apud SEDonline 1518). Cf. 2792 *ṣVl(l)- ~ *ṣVwl- 'to float over deep waters; fountain'.

Updated 25 October 2026

*ṣVlVl-: 'ravine, wadi'

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