Kerff

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Kerff vel karff arabice apium.


Apparatus:

Kerff ABC | Kerfs f | Kersuʒ e

karfs f | karff AC | kirff B | kersunt e


Translation:

Kerff or karff is Arabic for Latin apium {"celery"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻛﺮﻓﺱ /karafs/ "celery (Apium graveolens L.; bot.)"; Siggel (1950: 62): ﻛﺮﻓﺱ /karafs/ 1) Apium graveolens (Umb.), Sellerie {i.e. "celery”}, 2) Petroselinum sativum (Umb.) Petersilie {i.e. "parsley”}.

Final "ff" is likely to be a misreading of 'f' + 'long s', i.e. 'fſ ' misread as 'ff'; the very deviant form in ms. e remains unexplained.

See also: Karfi, Apium

WilfGunther 05/03/14


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