Number: 18
Proto-Semitic: *ṣ̂ayp-
Meaning: 'guest'
Arabic: ḍayf- 'Hôte, visiteur, convive' (BK 2, 48)
Epigraphic South Arabian: Qat ḍyf (s1t-prfx.) 'to ask to make a trading journey' (Ricks, 139)
Mehri: źayf / źīfon 'guest, wedding guest' (JM, 479)
Jibbali: eź_éf 'to give hospitality' (JJ, 327)
Harsusi: źayf 'guest' (JH, 152)
Soqotri: ḍef 'recevoir qq'un comme hôte' (LS, 361)
Notes: May be an Arabism in MSA. Cf. a denominative verb *ṣ̂VyVp- in Arab ḍyf [-i-], 'be a guest', Jib eḍef 'give hospitality'
