እኅት

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እኅት • (ʾəḫt) f (plural አኃት (ʾäḫat), rarely እኅታት (ʾəḫtat))

ʾəḫt (romanization)
አኃት (plural)
እኅታት (rare)


ሠላሳ

ሠላሳ • (śälasa)


ነቢይ

ነቢይ • (näbiyy) m (plural ነቢያት (näbiyat) or ነብያት (näbəyat) or ኖብያት (nobəyat), feminine ነቢይት (näbiyyət))

näbiyy (romanization)
ነቢያት (plural)
ነብያት (plural)
ኖብያት (plural)
ነቢይት (feminine)

From Aramaic נְבִיָּא (n'ḇiyyā). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܢܒܺܝܳܐ, Arabic نَبِيٌ (nabiyun).


ንጉሥ

ንጉሥ • (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት/ነገሥታት)

nəguś (romanization)
ነገሥት (plural)
ነገሥታት (plural)
ንጉሠ (absolute singular)
ንጉሠከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሦ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ነገሥተ (absolute plural)
ነገሥታተ (absolute plural)

→ Amharic: ንጉሥ (nəguś)

→ Tigrinya: ንጉስ (nəgus), ንጉሥ (nəguś)

duke, prince, prefect, satrap, tyrant, emperor


ስን

ስን • (sǝnn) m or f (plural ስነን (sənän), and አስናን (ʾäsnan))

Amharic: ስን (sǝnn)


ልሳን

ləsan (romanization)
ልሳናት (plural)
ልሳነ (absolute singular)
ልሳነከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልሳነኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልሳኖ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልሳነነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ልሳነክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልሳነክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልሳናተ (absolute plural)


ዘመን

ዘመን • (zämän) m (plural አዝማን (ʾäzman), rarer ዘመናት (zämänat))

zämän (romanization)
አዝማን (plural)
ዘመናት (rare)


እዝን

እዝን • (ʾəzn) m or f (plural እዘን (ʾəzän), and አእዛን (ʾäʾzan))

ʾəzn (romanization)
እዘን (plural)
እዝነ (absolute singular)
እዝነከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እዝነኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እዝኖ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እዝነነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
እዝነክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እዝነክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
እዘነ (absolute plural)
አእዛነ (absolute plural)


መብረቅ

መብረቅ • (mäbräḳ) (plural መባርቅት)

Cognate with Hebrew בָּרַק, Arabic بَرَقَ (baraqa).

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Hebrew בָּרַק


ሰይፍ

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ሰይፍ • (säyf) (plural አስያፍ (ʾäsyaf), and አስይፍት (ʾäsyəft))


ክታብ

Probably a borrowing from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).


አብ

ʾäb (romanization)
አበው (plural)
አበ (absolute singular)
አባየ (accusative first-person possessed-form singular)
አባከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አባኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አባሁ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አባሃ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አባነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
አባክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አባክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አባሆሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አባሆን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አበወ (absolute plural)


ግዕዝ

ግዕዝ • (gəʿz)


እግዚአብሔር

እግዚአብሔር • (ʾəgziʾäbḥer)

From Ge'ez እግዚእ (ʾəgziʾ, “lord”) (in the construct state) + ብሔር (bəḥer, “world, region”).


ክልኤቱ

kəlʾetu (romanization)
ክልኤተ (accusative)
ክልኤቲ (feminine)

From Proto-Semitic *kilʾ-. Cognates include Tigrinya ክልተ (kəltä) and Amharic ሁለት (hulät).


አሐዱ

አሐዱ • (ʾäḥädu) m

ʾäḥädu (romanization)
አሐደ (accusative)
አሐቲ (feminine)

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-. Cognates include Tigrinya ሓደ (ḥadä), Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid) and Hebrew אחד (ekhad).

አሐዱ፡ንጉሥ

ʾäḥädu nəguś

ዐሠርቱወአሐዱ

ʿäśärtuwäʾäḥädu


ክልኤቲ

kəlʾeti (romanization)
ክልኤተ (accusative)
ክልኤቱ (masculine)


አሐቲ

አሐቲ • (ʾäḥätti) f

ʾäḥätti (romanization)
አሐተ (accusative)
አሐዱ (masculine)

አሐቲ፡ንግሥት

ʾäḥätti nəgəśt


ኀምስቱ

ኀምስቱ • (ḫämsətu) m

ḫämsətu (romanization)
ኀምስተ (accusative)
ኀምስ (feminine)

Masculine form of ኀምስ (ḫäms). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḫamš-. Cognates include Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa).


ሠለስቱ

ሠለስቱ • (śälästu) m

śälästu (romanization)
ሠለስተ (accusative)
ሠላስ (feminine)


አርባዕቱ

አርባዕቱ • (ʾärbaʿtu) m

ʾärbaʿtu (romanization)
አርባዕተ (accusative)
አርባዕ (feminine)


ስድስቱ

ስድስቱ • (sədəstu) m (accusative ስድስተ, feminine ስሱ)

sədəstu (romanization)
ስድስተ (accusative)
ስሱ (feminine)

Masculine form of ስሱ (səsu). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *šidṯ-. Cognates include Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).


ተስዐቱ

ተስዐቱ • (täsʿätu) m

täsʿätu (romanization)
ተስዐተ (accusative)
ትስዑ (feminine)

Masculine form of ትስዑ (təsʿu). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *tišʿ-. Cognates include Arabic تِسْعَة (tisʕa), Aramaic ܬܫܥܐ/תשעא (tišʿā’) and Hebrew תִּשְׁעָה (tishʿa).


ሰማንቱ

sämantu (romanization)
ሰማንተ (accusative)
ሰማኒ (feminine)

Masculine form of ሰማኒ (sämani). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-. Cognates include Arabic ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya).


ሰብዐቱ

ሰብዐቱ • (säbʿätu) m

säbʿätu (romanization)
ሰብዐተ (accusative)
ሰብዑ (feminine)

Masculine form of ሰብዑ (säbʿu). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *šabʿ-. Cognates include Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).


ዐሠርቱ

ዐሠርቱ • (ʿäśärtu) m

ʿäśärtu (romanization)
ዐሠርተ (accusative)
ዐሥሩ (feminine)

Masculine form of ዐሥሩ (ʿäśru). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʿaśr-. Cognates include Arabic عَشَرَة (ʕašara), Aramaic עסרא/ܥܣܪܐ (ʿisrāʾ) and Hebrew עֲשָׂרָה (ʿasara).


ሠላስ

ሠላስ • (śälas) f

śälas (romanization)
ሠላሰ (accusative)
ሠለስቱ (masculine)


ስሱ

ስሱ • (səssu) f (accusative ስሱ, masculine ስድስቱ)

səssu (romanization)
ስሱ (accusative)
ስድስቱ (masculine)

From Proto-Semitic *šidṯ-. Cognates include Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).


ሰማኒ

sämani (romanization)
ሰማኒ (accusative)
ሰማንቱ (masculine)

From Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-. Cognates include Arabic ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya).


አርባዕ

አርባዕ • (ʾärbaʿ) f

ʾärbaʿ (romanization)
አርባዐ (accusative)
አርባዕቱ (masculine)


ሰብዑ

ሰብዑ • (säbʿu) f

säbʿu (romanization)
ሰብዑ (accusative)
ሰብዐቱ (masculine)

From Proto-Semitic *šabʻ-. Cognates include Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).


ኀምስ

ኀምስ • (ḫäms) f

ḫäms (romanization)
ኀምሰ (accusative)
ኀምስቱ (masculine)

From Proto-Semitic *ḫamš-. Cognates include Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa).


ዐሥሩ

ዐሥሩ • (ʿäśru) f

ʿäśru (romanization)
ዐሥሩ (accusative)
ዐሠርቱ (masculine)

From Proto-Semitic *ʿaśr-. Cognates include Arabic عَشَرَة (ʕašara), Aramaic עסרא/ܥܣܪܐ (ʿisrāʾ) and Hebrew עֲשָׂרָה (ʿasara).


ትስዑ

ትስዑ • (təsʿu) f

təsʿu (romanization)
ትስዑ (accusative)
ተስዐቱ (masculine)

From Proto-Semitic *tišʿ-. Cognates include Arabic تِسْعَة (tisʕa), Aramaic ܬܫܥܐ/תשעא (tišʿā’) and Hebrew תִּשְׁעָה (tishʿa).


ቀዳሚ

ቀዳሚ • (ḳädami) m (feminine singular ቀዳሚት, masculine plural ቀደምት, feminine plural ቀዳምያት)

ḳädami (romanization)
ቀዳሚት (feminine singular)
ቀደምት (masculine plural)
ቀዳምያት (feminine plural)
ቀዳሜ (absolute masculine singular)
ቀዳሚተ (accusative feminine)
ቀዳሜከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቀዳሚተከ (accusative)
ቀዳሜኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቀዳሚተኪ (accusative)
ቀዳሚቶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቀዳሚተነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ቀዳሜክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቀዳሚተክሙ (accusative)
ቀዳሜክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቀዳሚተክን (accusative)
ቀደምተ (absolute plural)
ቀዳምያተ (accusative)

Cognates include Tigre ቀዳም (ḳädam) and Tigrinya ቀዳማይ (ḳädamay).


ከተማ

ከተማ • (kätäma) m or f (plural ከተማት (kätämat))

Compare Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa), कोट (koṭa), and the suspected Sanskrit borrowings Telugu కోట (kōṭa), Kannada ಕೋಟೆ (kōṭe), Malayalam കോട്ട (kōṭṭa), Tamil கோட்டை (kōṭṭai), all meaning a fortification. Though Ludolf and Dillmann consider the Geʿez in this meaning a vulgar development or Amharism of “extremity, fine; tip, apex”, the opposite may be the case, and we may deal with a loanword also into Ethiopian from the time when Sanskrit ruled the Indian ocean.


አመት

→ Amharic: አመት (ʾamät)


ሣጹን

ሣጹን • (śaṣun) m or f (plural ሣጹናት (śaṣunat))

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→ Arabic: شَاصُونَة (šāṣūna)

→ Arabic: شَاصُونَة (šāṣūna), plural شَوَاصِين (šawāṣīn)

Cognate to Tigrinya ሳጹን (saṣun), ሳጽን (saṣən), Amharic ሳጥን (saṭən) of like meaning. Related by Dillmann to Arabic صَانَ (ṣāna, “to preserve, to keep”).


ከበሮ

→ Arabic: كَبَر (kabar)


እስራኤል

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እስራኤል • (ʾəsraʾel)

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Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)


ማእድ

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ማእድ • (maʾədd) m or f (plural ማእዳት (maʾəddat))

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→ Arabic: مَائِدَة (māʔida)
Maltese: mejda
Moroccan Arabic: ميدة (mīda)
→ Azerbaijani: maidə
→ Ottoman Turkish: مائده (maide)
→ Turkish: maide
→ Persian: میده (mayda, “a table covered with viande”)

Unknown. Cognate to Amharic ማእድ (maʾd), ማድ (mad), Tigre ማእድ (maʾəd), Tigrinya መኣዲ (mäʾaddi), መዓዲ (mäʿaddi). A derivation from the accusative of Ancient Greek μαγίς (magís, “kneading trough; small table”), likewise the source of Georgian მაგიდა (magida, “table”) and having a geminate in Sicilian maidda (“kneading trough”), is formally possible; while the geographic steps towards this result are odd, note, just to underline the oddity, the Standard Arabic term from Egypt for the notion of a kneading-trough: مَاجُور (mājūr).


ካህን

Cognate with Hebrew כהן, Aramaic כהנא, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).


ኀሪፍ

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ኀሪፍ • (ḫärif)

Cognate with Arabic خريف (ḵarīf), Hebrew חֹורֶף (khóref), Sabaean and Qatabanian Old South Arabian 𐩭𐩧𐩰 (ḫrf), Mehri ḫarf, Shehri ḫorf, Soqotri ḥorf, Harsusi ḫōref.


እግር

እግር • (ʾəgr) f or m (plural እገር (ʾəgär), and አእጋር (ʾäʾgar))


ዘይት

A culture word borrowed from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā). According to Leslau it reached Geʿez through Arabic زَيْت (zayt).


አበቢ

አበቢ • (ʾäbäbi)

Rare, perhaps borrowed from Arabic أُبَاب (ʔubāb).


ኤዶም

From Ancient Greek Εδέμ (Edém), from Hebrew עֵדֶן.


ሐመዳ

ሐመዳ • (ḥämäda)

Amharic: አመዳይ (ʾämäday)


ጊሜ

Cognate with Classical Syriac ܥܰܝܡܳܐ, Arabic غَيْمٌ (ḡaymun).


ኀጺን

ኀጺን • (ḫäṣin)

→ Tigre: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)

→ Tigrinya: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)

→ Amharic: ኀፂን (haṣṣin, “iron”)

desc

→ Awngi: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)

→ Xamtanga: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)

From Aramaic חֲצִינָא / ܚܰܨܺܝܢܳܐ (ḥaṣṣīnā, “axe”), from Akkadian 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫaṣṣinnum, “hoe”).

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Aramaic חֲצִינָא


ዐሞን

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ዐሞን • (ʿämon)


አራራት

አራራት • (ʾärarat)


ሕምሥ

ሕምሥ • (ḥəmś)


ጸሓፊ

Occupation noun of ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä, “to write”)


ጽዮን

ጽዮን • (ṣəyon)


እም

conditional sentence
conditional sentence#English

if, introduces the protasis of a conditional sentence


ገውዝ

ገውዝ • (gäwz)

Borrowed from Aramaic גוזא / ܓܘܙܐ (gawzā).

odoriferous substance from hard plant products, perfume


ዐምድ

Cognate with Hebrew עַמּוּד, Classical Syriac ܥܰܡܽܘܕܳܐ, Arabic عَمُود (ʕamūd).

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Hebrew עַמּוּד


ብዙኅ

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ብዙኅ • (bəzuḫ)


በረቀ

በረቀ • (bäräḳä)

From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (“lightning”). Cognate with Hebrew בָּרַק, Arabic بَرَقَ (baraqa).

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Hebrew בָּרַק


ሠቅ

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ሠቅ • (śäḳḳ) m (plural ሠቃት (śäḳḳat), and አሥቃቅ (ʾäśḳaḳ), and አሥቃቃት (ʾäśḳaḳat))

Early borrowing from Aramaic 𐡔𐡒 (šq /śaqq/), which is in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סַקָּא (saqqā), Classical Syriac ܣܩܐ (saqqā).

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sackcloth
a coarse fabric such as to make sacks


ቀንአት

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ቀንአት • (ḳännəʾät)

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→ Arabic: قِنَّة (qinna, “Ferula; galbanum”) (probably)

From the root of ቀነየ (ḳänäyä, “to acquire”) imagining the resin or oil acquired from the relevant plants. Possibly a phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi) or directly its Egyptian etymon or the Aramaic descendant, with respect to its descendant Amharic ኮማ (koma, “a kind of large Ferula resembling Ferula communis subsp. communis from the leaves of which also cakes are baked”).


አቅሌስያ

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አቅሌስያ • (ʾäḳlesya)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).


መብልዕ

መብልዕ • (mäbləʿ) m (plural መባልዕ (mäbaləʿ), and መባልዕት (mäbaləʿt), and መባልዕታት (mäbaləʿtat))


አክሊል

አክሊል • (ʾäklil) f or m (plural አክሊላት (ʾäklilat))


ዝፍት

ዝፍት • (zəft)

Of uncertain ultimate origin; rare, perhaps borrowed from Arabic زِفْت (zift).

pitch, tar, latex, even resin of a pine as well as asphalt


መልአክ

መልአክ • (mälʾäk) (plural መልአክት)

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→ Arabic: مَلْأَك (malʔak), مَلَك (malak)
→ Abaza: мальаикь (malᶻaikʲ)
→ Abkhaz: амаалықь (amaaləkʲ)
→ Adyghe: мэлэӏич (mɛlɛʼič)
→ Avar: малаик (malaik)
→ Azerbaijani: mələk
→ Chechen: малик (malik)
→ Dargwa: малайк (malajk)
→ Farefare: malɛka
→ Hausa: mala'ika
→ Indonesian: malaikat
→ Ingush: малайк (malajk)
→ Kabardian: мэлэӏыч (mɛlɛʼəč)
→ Khwarezmian: ملك (mlk)
→ Kumyk: малайик (malayik)
→ Northern Kurdish: melek, milyaket
→ Lezgi: малаик (malaik)
→ Malay: malak, malaikat
→ Maranao: mala'ikat
→ Moore: malɛka
→ Persian: ملک (malak)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek)
Turkish: melek
→ Swahili: malaika
Tooro: malaika
→ Tabasaran: малайик (malajik)
→ Tausug: malāikat
→ Turkmen: melek


ገብገብ

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ገብገብ • (gäbgäb)

Unknown. Has been connected to Arabic و ق ب (w-q-b) and و ه ب (w-h-b); perhaps derived from the root of ጋብአ (gabʾä, “to turn, to return; to come back; to enter”) whence also ግብእ (gəbʾ, “cave”), and غُبّ (ḡubb, “bosom of the sea, gulf; depressed terrain”) is also comparable. Passed into Arabic غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab, “a sacrificial stone whither one went for sacrifice”) from probably Old South Arabian.


ዘበጠ

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ዘበጠ • (zäbäṭä) (prefix conjugation ይዝብጥ (yəzbəṭ))

zäbäṭä (romanization)
conjugation ይዝብጥ (prefix)

to beat or strike as on an instrument to play, to pluck (as Serbo-Croatian svírati)


ስብጥ

ስብጥ • (səbṭ)


ገቦ

ገቦ • (gäbo) m or f (plural ገበዋት (gäbäwat))

side, flank of the body and other things


ሢራይ

Borrowed from Aramaic שִׁירָאָה (šērāʾā), שִּׁירָא (šērā, “silk; a kind of silk garment”), ultimately from Chinese 絲 (MC si, “silk”).

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Aramaic שִׁירָאָה (šērāʾā)


እክል

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እክል • (ʾəkl) m or f (plural እክላት (ʾəklat))


ልጓም

ልጓም • (ləgʷam) (plural ልጓማት (ləgʷamat), and አልጓም (ʾälgʷam))

ləgʷam (romanization)
ልጓማት (plural)
ልጓመ (absolute singular)
ልጓመከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልጓመኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልጓሞ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልጓመነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ልጓመክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልጓመክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልጓማተ (absolute plural)
አልጓመ (absolute plural)

Borrowed from a rare Aramaic if not a pre-Islamic borrowing from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).


ልብን

ልብን • (ləbn)

→ Amharic: ልብን (ləbn)

As this is an otherwise absent root in Ethiopian Semitic, a borrowing in the course of incense trade from Arabic لُبْنَى (lubnā) or Sabaean 𐩡𐩨𐩬𐩺 (lbny) of same meaning.

Styrax officinalis
Styrax officinalis#Translingual

storax (Styrax officinalis, in particular the resin thereof)


ዕጣን

A cross-over of an original root ʿ-ṭ-r used in Modern South Arabian and in Central Semitic, عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”), from a basic meaning of “smoke” with some other root, notable options are the things mentioned under نَتَنَ (natana, “to stink”) and وَتِين (watīn, “aorta”), as well as ተነ (tännä, “to smoke”), ተን (tänn, “vapour, smoke”) which is considered a borrowing from a Classical Syriac ܬܢܢܐ (tennānā, “smoke, fume”).


ዮም

→ Amharic: ዮም (yom)


ገነት

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ገነት • (gännät) f (plural ገነታት (gännätat))

From Aramaic גִינְּתָא (ginnəṯā) / ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā).


እራሕ

እራሕ • (ʾəraḥ) m or f (plural እራሓት (ʾəraḥat))

ʾəraḥ (romanization)
እራሓት (plural)
እራሐ (absolute singular)
እራሐከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እራሐኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እራሖ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እራሐነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
እራሐክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
እራሐክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
እራሓተ (absolute plural)


ሰበን

ሰበን • (säbän) m


ከላዴዎን

From Ancient Greek Χᾰλδαῖον (Khaldaîon).


ነቢይት

ነቢይት • (näbiyyət) f (masculine ነቢይ (näbiyy))


ዐርክ

ዐርክ • (ʿärk) (female ዐርክት (ʿärəkt), male plural ዐርካን (ʿärkan), female plural ዐርካት (ʿärkat), common plural አዕርክት (ʾäʿrəkt))

ʿärk (romanization)
ዐርክት (feminine)
ዐርካን (masculine plural)
ዐርካት (feminine plural)
አዕርክት (common plural)


ጌሰ

ጌሰ • (gesä) (verbal noun ገይስ (gäys), prefix conjugation ይጊስ (yəgis))

gesä (romanization)
ገይስ (noun-from-verb)
conjugation ይጊስ (prefix)

Probably back-formation from ጌሰም (gesäm, “tomorrow”), see it for a derivation.

back-formation

to depart, journey, to go or leave particularly in the morning [+accusative = to]


ገይስ

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ገይስ • (gäys)

አነ አርከዳ ቀተልኩ በገይስ ዐርክተ
ʾänä ʾärkäda ḳätälku bägäys ʿärkətä

1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Band 4. Sabaische, griechische und altabessinische Inschriften, Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 69 Nr. 63

I, ʾÄrkäda, today morning killed a snake.

departure, journey, leave particularly in the morning, verbal noun of ጌሰ (gesä, “to go in the morning”)


ጌሰም

Believed akin to Arabic ج ه م (j-h-m). Also found in Sabaean 𐩴𐩠𐩣𐩺 (ghmy, “last part of night before dawn”), 𐩴𐩠𐩣 (ghm, “to go just before dawn”). Hans Bauer instead pairs ጌሰ (gesä, “to go in the morning”) with Arabic جَاشَ (jāša), جَيْش (jayš), like قَامَ (qāma) relates to قَوْم (qawm).


ጌሰም

ጌሰ

to go in the morning; see it for further derived terms


እብን

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እብን • (ʾəbn) m or f (singulative and collective, plural እበን (ʾəbän), and አእባን (ʾäʾban), and አእባናት (ʾäʾbanat))


ሰሊካ

Cinnamomum cassia
Cinnamomum cassia#Translingual

cassia, Cinnamomum cassia syn. Cinnamomum aromaticum


ሰይል

ሰይል • (säyl)


ዓመት

ዓመት • (ʿamät) f or m (plural ዓመታት (ʿamätat))


አማዑት

አማዑት • (ʾämaʿut) pl (plural plural አማዕዋት (ʾämaʿəwat))

From Proto-Semitic *miʕay-. Cognate to Arabic مِعًى (miʕan).


ንግሥት

nəgəśt (romanization)
ንግሥታት (plural)
ንግሥተ (absolute singular)
ንግሥተከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥቶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥታተ (absolute plural)


ወቅፍ

ወቅፍ • (wäḳf) m (plural አውቃፍ (ʾäwḳaf), and አውቃፋት (ʾäwḳafat))

→ Arabic: وَقْف (waqf)

unk

obscure


ሰዐት

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ሰዐት • (säʿät) f or m (plural ሰዐታት (säʿätat))

Borrowed from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא / ܫܳܥܬܳܐ (šāʿəṯā).

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Aramaic שָׁעְתָא


ሚዛን

From መዘነ (mäzzänä) or from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).


መትከፍት

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መትከፍት • (mätkäft) f (plural መታክፍ (mätakəf), and መታክፍት (mätakəft))

Derivative of Proto-West Semitic *katip- f.


ኵናት

ኵናት • (kʷənat) (plural ኵያንው (kʷəyanəw), and ኰያንው (kʷäyanəw), and ኰዋንው (kʷäwanəw), and ኵናታት (kʷənatat), and ኲናታት (kʷinatat))

lance, javelin, shorter or generic spear


ከኒሳ

ከኒሳ • (känisa) f (plural ከናይስ (känayəs))

From Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā), כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā) and Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa).

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כְּנִישְׁתָּא

Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā)

congregation, synagogue, religion meeting


ምዕራብ

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ምዕራብ • (məʿrab) m (plural ምዕራባት (məʿrabat))


ጾም

Cognate with Hebrew צוֹם,
Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).


ጽዋዕ

ጽዋዕ • (ṣəwwāʿ) m (plural ጽዋዓት (ṣəwwaʿat))

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Tigre: ጽዋእ (ṣəwaʾ, “a cubic measure; bowl”)

Tigrinya: ጽዋዕ (ṣəwaʿ, “bowl”)

→ Arabic: صُوَاع (ṣuwāʕ, “goblet”)

From Proto-Semitic. Cognate with Aramaic צעא / ܨܳܥܳܐ (ṣaʿā, “bowl”), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎓 (ṣʿ, “platter”).


ቍርባን

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ቍርባን • (ḳʷərban) m (plural ቍርባናት (ḳʷərbanat))

Cognate with Hebrew קָרְבָּן, Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܒܳܢܳܐ, Arabic قُرْبَانٌ (qurbānun).

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Hebrew קָרְבָּן

(Christianity) the eucharist, the eucharistic bread


ሐመር

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ሐመር • (ḥämär) f (plural አሕማር (ʾäḥmar) or አሕማራት (ʾäḥmarat))

ḥämär (romanization)
አሕማር (plural)
አሕማራት (plural)
ሐመረ (absolute singular)
ሐመረከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐመረኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐመሮ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐመረነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሐመረክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐመረክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አሕማረ (absolute plural)
አሕማራተ (absolute plural)

Possibly related to Arabic حَمَلَ (ḥamala), Classical Syriac ܚܡܰܠ, Hebrew חָמַר.


ድልጕማ

ድልጕማ • (dəlgʷəmma)

Uncertain. See Arabic دُمْلُوج (dumlūj).


መግል

መግል • (mägl)


ሖመር

ḥomär (romanization)
አሕመር (plural)
ሖመረ (absolute singular)
ሖመረከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሖመረኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሖመሮ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሖመረነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሖመረክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሖመረክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አሕመረ (absolute plural)

Borrowed from Arabic حُمَر (ḥumar, “tamarind”).