{"def":{"short":"a stylus or marking stick","long":["stylus",["iron stylus with diamond tip used to write on stone or metal","reed pen used on a roll"]]},"deriv":"from H5860 (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e., side-long stroke","pronun":{"ipa":"ʕet̪’","ipa_mod":"ʕet","sbl":"ʿēṭ","dic":"ate","dic_mod":"ate"}}