| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  s |
| DEFINITION: | (or   ). Arabic root, to plunge, dive. albatross, from Arabic al- a  s, the diver, sea-eagle, from a asa, to plunge, dive. |
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