PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

فصل‘cut off’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis:
Translation of:
Greek: ἀπολαμβάνω [Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 41:5-6; I.14, 77:2. – PH Heiberg: I.8:2, 80:9]
Synonyms:
passer par[PH Morelon: I.10:7, 34:11]
أخذ[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 7r]
جاز[PH Morelon: I.11:5, 39:14; I.13:5, 49:9]
جعل[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 12v]
قطع[PH Morelon: I.8:2, 27:5]
مرّ[PH Morelon: I.10:7, 35:9]