Sum (1)

Sum arabice vel som toxicum.

Apparatus:

arabice vel B efjp | v. a. AC
som | son B
{toxicum} ul’ toxicaʒ add. j

Translation:

Sum or som is Arabic for Latin toxicum {"poison"}.

Commentary:

Sum/ som:
Wehr (1976): ﺳﻢ /samm/ "poison, toxin; venom".
A vocalisation closer to Simon’s form Sum is found in

• Vocabulista, ed. Schiaparelli (1871: 120): ﺳﻢ /summ/ Venenari [[1]]; (1871: 622): VENENUM ﺳﻢ /summ/ [[2]].

• This vocalisation is also attested in the Glossarium Latino-Arabicum, Seybold (1900: 528): uenenum ﺳﻢ /sum/ [3]] and in

• de Alcalá (1883: 427): venino ponçoña {i.e. “poison”} çumm [[4]].

Cf. also Corriente (1997: 262), s.v. *(SMM).

WilfGunther 11:29, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

See also: Yos

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