لصف

لَصَف (noun)

Etymology: A metathesized borrowing from Aramaic, since, while in Hebrew, in which the standard term for the caper is צָלָף (ṣālā́p̄), the root is unused, the Aramaic root צ־ל־ף / ܨ ܠ ܦ forms meanings related to splittings and cracks, which refers to the bursting ripening caperberry; though the pertinent noun meaning a caper is only scarcely attested in Aramaic as נִצְפָא (niṣp̄ā) and ܢܹܝܨܦܵܐ (nēṣp̄ā) – a distortion of the consonants least common for this etymon in Arabic – because this native Aramaic term had been ousted by the كَبَر (kabar) type word for the caper. The Arabic شَفَلَّح (šafallaḥ, “capper”) can also plausibly be derived from a root for splittings and cracks.

Meaning: caper (Capparis gen. and especially Capparis spinosa, as well as the edible buds from it)

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