Gepsim

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Gepsim arabice gipsum.


Apparatus:

Gepsim AC fj | Gepsin B | Gepsrei? ('im/in' misread as 'rei'?) e | Gepsii k

gipsum (-suʒ C) ABC k | gipsium f | gepsum e | gypsum j


Translation:

Gepsim is Arabic for Latin gipsum.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﺟﺒﺱ /ğibs/ "gypsum; plaster of Paris"; Siggel (1950: 78): ﺟﺒﺴﻴﻥ , ﺟﺒﺱ /ğibs, ğibsīn/ Gips, {"gypsum, plaster"}.


See also: Gypsos

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