PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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nehmen ‘produce’

German. – Grammar: v.

References: PH Nix: I.9:1, 83:2-3
Translation of:
Arabic: أخذ [PH Morelon: I.9:1, 29:3]
Synonyms:
gehen[PH Nix: I.8:2, 81:10]