عاچه

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Soqotri

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Etymology

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Feminine counterpart of عاج (ʕag, man; husband).

Noun

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عاچه (ʕáže) (dual عچيتي (ʕažíti), plural عجهاتن (ʕəghétən))

  1. woman; wife
    • 2014, “The Faithful Wife”, in Vitaly Naumkin, compiler, Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 1, page 44, line 5:
      عٞامٞر: إفوڸ لاكن عاف نفعلو بعاچه دفلان؟
      ʕémər ífuḷ ľákɛn ʕaf nifʕáľu bə-ʕáže di-fəľán
      They said: "Why shouldn't we seduce the wife of this so-and-so?"

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