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Noun [Amharic]

Forms: näfs [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”). Compare, Classical Syriac ܢܦܫܐ, Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, Akkadian 𒆒 (napašu, “to breath”), 𒍣 (napištu, “life”),Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš), Ge'ez ነፍስ (näfs). Etymology templates: {{inh|am|sem-pro|*napš-||breath, spirit}} Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”), {{cog|syc|ܢܦܫܐ}} Classical Syriac ܢܦܫܐ, {{cog|he|נֶפֶשׁ}} Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, {{cog|akk|𒆒|gloss=to breath|tr=napašu}} Akkadian 𒆒 (napašu, “to breath”), {{cog|ar|نَفْس|t=a soul, a life}} Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), {{cog|uga|𐎐𐎔𐎌}} Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš), {{cog|gez|ነፍስ}} Ge'ez ነፍስ (näfs) Head templates: {{head|am|noun|||||||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|f4tr=|f5tr=|f6tr=|f7tr=|f8tr=|g=?|head=|sort=|tr=|tr2=}} ነፍስ • (näfs) ?, {{am-noun}} ነፍስ • (näfs) ?
  1. breath, soul, spirit
    Sense id: en-ነፍስ-am-noun-NK0Zv-sk Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Ge'ez]

Forms: näfs [romanization], ነፍሳት [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”). Compare, Classical Syriac ܢܦܫܐ, Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, Akkadian 𒆒 (napašu, “to breath”), 𒍣 (napištu, “life”),Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš). Etymology templates: {{inh|gez|sem-pro|*napš-||breath, spirit}} Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”), {{cog|syc|ܢܦܫܐ}} Classical Syriac ܢܦܫܐ, {{cog|he|נֶפֶשׁ}} Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, {{cog|akk|𒆒|gloss=to breath|tr=napašu}} Akkadian 𒆒 (napašu, “to breath”), {{cog|ar|نَفْس|t=a soul, a life}} Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), {{cog|uga|𐎐𐎔𐎌}} Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš) Head templates: {{head|gez|noun|plural|ነፍሳት|autotrinfl=1|g=f}} ነፍስ • (näfs) f (plural ነፍሳት (näfsat))
  1. breath, soul, spirit
    Sense id: en-ነፍስ-gez-noun-NK0Zv-sk Categories (other): Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Tigrinya]

Forms: näfs [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ti|sem-pro|*napš-||breath, spirit}} Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”) Head templates: {{ti-noun|g=?}} ነፍስ • (näfs) ?
  1. soul Synonyms: ነፍሲ (näfsi), ነብስ (näbs)
    Sense id: en-ነፍስ-ti-noun-rg-szPCj Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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    {
      "roman": "näbs",
      "word": "ነብስ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ነፍስ"
}

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