א־פ־ל

Hebrew

Etymology

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The "darkness" sense is cognate to Arabic ء ف ل (ʔ-f-l).

Root

א־פ־ל • (ʾ-p-l)

1. Related to dimming, darkening.
2. Related to late ripening.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־פ־ל‎ (0 c, 2 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^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 47b
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “אָפִיל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 46c