ܐܣܦܣܬܐ spstʾ μηδική Medicago sativa, alfalfa, lucerne
Allotrope: ܦܹܣܦܹܣܬܵܐ pspstʾ pespestā
OP *aspā̆sti- (Median) lucerne < aspa- horse + *asti- forage, fodder, food, hence lit. "horse forage" (Hinz 1975, 45; 1973, 84 f.); MP aspast [ʾspst] clover, lucerne (CPD 12); NP aspist trefoil, clover (Steingass 48; Horn 19); cf. Laufer 1919, 209. — Akkad. as-pa-as-ti (AHw 1, 75; ca. 700 BC); Talm. Aram. ʾspstʾ lucerne (Telegdi 230, 22) ● ʾspstʾ EN 25, 59; BB 237, 17; pspstʾ Geop 102, 30 ◆ LS 36b; 582b; Lagarde 1878, 46; Löw 95