Sumbedhigi

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Sumbedhigi arabice lapis zmerillus asper quo alii lapides sculpuntur.


Apparatus:

Sumbedhigi (Sũ- ep) B ejp | Sumbedhegi f | Sumbedighi (Sũ- A) AC
smerillus (-us j) ej | zmerillus AC | zinerilus (-us B) B p | a͠p zĩculus f


Translation:

Sumedhgi is Arabic for emery stone, a hard stone with which other stones are carved/ polished.


Commentary:

Siggel (1950: 82): ﺳﻨﺑﺎﺬﺝ /sunbāḏağ/ "Schmirgel, Korund" {i.e. "emery, corundum"}; cf. also ibid. the collateral form ﺳﺑﺎﺬﺝ /sabāḏağ/ "Schmirgel, Korund" {i.e. "emery, corundum"}.

See also: Smiris, Almesu, Lapis sumbedig, Hager sumbedhigi


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