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Egyptian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *liʔif-/*liʔaf (“fingernail, claw”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
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- claw, talon
Inflection
Declension of jꜣft (feminine)
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*liʔi/af-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill