כ־ש־ל
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Aramaic [script needed] (kšl, “to stumble”), Classical Syriac [script needed] (kšl, “offense, sin”).[1][2] Perhaps also Arabic ك س ل (k-s-l), as laziness and careless are related.
Root
[edit]כ־שׁ־ל • (k-š-l)
- Related to stumbling.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “כ־שׁ־ל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- “כ־ש־ל”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “כשׁל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 288c
- A. Murtonen (1989) “KʃL”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240