"ሐበሠ" meaning in Ge'ez

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Verb

IPA: /ħä.bä.sä/ Forms: ḥäbäśä [romanization]
Etymology: Archaic spelling of ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä), the ethnonym “Habesha”. From ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä) (*ḥäbäśä*), a Ge'ez verb thought to have meant “to collect” or “to gather” — possibly describing a confederation of clans. An alternative theory links the name to the incense trade, in which people could “be enriched” by gathering incense. Attested in early Aksumite and South Arabian inscriptions (2nd–3rd c. CE) as ḤBŠ / ḤBŠT, referring to the Habash people or polity — the consonantal form later reflected in Arabic ٱلْحَبَشَة (*al‑Ḥabaša*). Some scholars connect it to a 15th‑century BCE Ancient Egyptian term for a foreign people from incense‑producing regions. Head templates: {{head|gez|verb}} ሐበሠ • (ḥäbäśä)
  1. (historical) to collect; to gather together (objects, people, or resources). Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-ሐበሠ-gez-verb-ptbLgv6r Categories (other): Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header, Ge'ez ethnonyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ge'ez ethnonyms: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. (historical, by extension) to unite as a people; to belong to the Habash people. Tags: broadly, historical
    Sense id: en-ሐበሠ-gez-verb-R-6OajFD Categories (other): Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header, Ge'ez ethnonyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ge'ez ethnonyms: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ሐበሻ (ḥäbäša), ሐበሻነት (ḥäbäšanät), ሐበሻዊ (ḥäbäšawi) Related terms: ሐበሥ – ethnonym (ḥäbäś) (english: Habash; same root, consonantal form), ሐበስ (ḥäbäs) (english: “to imprison), prison” (english: unrelated root)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ḥäbäša",
      "word": "ሐበሻ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ḥäbäšanät",
      "word": "ሐበሻነት"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ḥäbäšawi",
      "word": "ሐበሻዊ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "lang_code": "ti",
      "roman": "ḥabaša",
      "word": "ሓበሻ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "lang_code": "am",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ḥäbäša",
      "word": "ሐበሻ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tigre",
      "lang_code": "tig",
      "roman": "ḥabaša",
      "word": "ሓበሻ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Somali",
          "lang_code": "so",
          "roman": "Xabasha",
          "word": "Xabasha"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "lang_code": "sw",
          "roman": "Habasha",
          "word": "Habasha"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa",
          "roman": "Ḥabaše",
          "word": "حبشه"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "roman": "Habeş",
          "word": "Habeş"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "roman": "Abissínia",
          "word": "Abissínia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "roman": "Abyssinia",
          "word": "Abyssinia"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "al‑ḥabaša",
      "word": "ٱلْحَبَشَة"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Archaic spelling of ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä), the ethnonym “Habesha”.\nFrom ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä) (*ḥäbäśä*), a Ge'ez verb thought to have meant “to collect” or “to gather” — possibly describing a confederation of clans.\nAn alternative theory links the name to the incense trade, in which people could “be enriched” by gathering incense.\nAttested in early Aksumite and South Arabian inscriptions (2nd–3rd c. CE) as ḤBŠ / ḤBŠT, referring to the Habash people or polity — the consonantal form later reflected in Arabic ٱلْحَبَشَة (*al‑Ḥabaša*).\nSome scholars connect it to a 15th‑century BCE Ancient Egyptian term for a foreign people from incense‑producing regions.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ḥäbäśä",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ሐበሠ • (ḥäbäśä)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ge'ez",
  "lang_code": "gez",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Habash; same root, consonantal form",
      "roman": "ḥäbäś",
      "translation": "Habash; same root, consonantal form",
      "word": "ሐበሥ – ethnonym"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "“to imprison",
      "roman": "ḥäbäs",
      "translation": "“to imprison",
      "word": "ሐበስ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "unrelated root",
      "translation": "unrelated root",
      "word": "prison”"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ge'ez ethnonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to collect; to gather together (objects, people, or resources)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ሐበሠ-gez-verb-ptbLgv6r",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) to collect; to gather together (objects, people, or resources)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ge'ez ethnonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to unite as a people; to belong to the Habash people."
      ],
      "id": "en-ሐበሠ-gez-verb-R-6OajFD",
      "links": [
        [
          "Habash",
          "Habash"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, by extension) to unite as a people; to belong to the Habash people."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ħä.bä.sä/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ሐበሠ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ge'ez ethnonyms",
    "Ge'ez lemmas",
    "Ge'ez verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ḥäbäša",
      "word": "ሐበሻ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ḥäbäšanät",
      "word": "ሐበሻነት"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ḥäbäšawi",
      "word": "ሐበሻዊ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "lang_code": "ti",
      "roman": "ḥabaša",
      "word": "ሓበሻ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "lang_code": "am",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ḥäbäša",
      "word": "ሐበሻ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tigre",
      "lang_code": "tig",
      "roman": "ḥabaša",
      "word": "ሓበሻ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Somali",
          "lang_code": "so",
          "roman": "Xabasha",
          "word": "Xabasha"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "lang_code": "sw",
          "roman": "Habasha",
          "word": "Habasha"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa",
          "roman": "Ḥabaše",
          "word": "حبشه"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "roman": "Habeş",
          "word": "Habeş"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "roman": "Abissínia",
          "word": "Abissínia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "roman": "Abyssinia",
          "word": "Abyssinia"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "al‑ḥabaša",
      "word": "ٱلْحَبَشَة"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Archaic spelling of ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä), the ethnonym “Habesha”.\nFrom ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä) (*ḥäbäśä*), a Ge'ez verb thought to have meant “to collect” or “to gather” — possibly describing a confederation of clans.\nAn alternative theory links the name to the incense trade, in which people could “be enriched” by gathering incense.\nAttested in early Aksumite and South Arabian inscriptions (2nd–3rd c. CE) as ḤBŠ / ḤBŠT, referring to the Habash people or polity — the consonantal form later reflected in Arabic ٱلْحَبَشَة (*al‑Ḥabaša*).\nSome scholars connect it to a 15th‑century BCE Ancient Egyptian term for a foreign people from incense‑producing regions.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ḥäbäśä",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ሐበሠ • (ḥäbäśä)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ge'ez",
  "lang_code": "gez",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "Habash; same root, consonantal form",
      "roman": "ḥäbäś",
      "translation": "Habash; same root, consonantal form",
      "word": "ሐበሥ – ethnonym"
    },
    {
      "english": "“to imprison",
      "roman": "ḥäbäs",
      "translation": "“to imprison",
      "word": "ሐበስ"
    },
    {
      "english": "unrelated root",
      "translation": "unrelated root",
      "word": "prison”"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ge'ez terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to collect; to gather together (objects, people, or resources)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) to collect; to gather together (objects, people, or resources)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ge'ez terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to unite as a people; to belong to the Habash people."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Habash",
          "Habash"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, by extension) to unite as a people; to belong to the Habash people."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ħä.bä.sä/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ሐበሠ"
}

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