እኅት

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

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


መስከረም

መስከረም • (mäskäräm)

First month of the Ethiopian calendar, roughly equivalent to September in the Gregorian Calendar.


ድንግል

Connected by Dillmann with Classical Syriac ܕܓܠ, Arabic دَجَّ (dajja), دَجَل (dajal), دَقَلَ (daqala) through a general idea of “covering”, “prohibiting access to”.


ገጽ

Linked by Dillmann with Classical Syriac ܚܙܳܐ, Hebrew חָזָה, Arabic غَضَاضٌ (ḡaḍāḍun).

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Arabic غَضَاضٌ (ḡaḍāḍun)

form, appearance, physiognomy, complexion

እምነ፡ገጸ


ሎሚ

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).


ሕፃን

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ሕፃን • (ḥəṣ́an) ? (plural ሕፃናት (ḥəṣ́anat))

From ሐፀነ (ḥäṣ́änä).


ሙዝ

muz (romanization)
ሙዘ (absolute singular)
ሙዘከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሙዘኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሙዞ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሙዘነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሙዘክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሙዘክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሙዛነ (absolute plural)


ሥጋ

that which is human as opposed to that which is divine

that which is carnal, as opposed to that which is spiritual

that which is alive as opposed to that which is dead


ቅንፍዝ

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)

ቍንፍዝ ቍንፍዝ#Ge'ez

Alternative form of ቍንፍዝ (ḳʷənfəz, “hedgehog, porcupine”)


ተመን

ተመን • (tämän) (plural ተመናት (tämänat), and አትማን (ʾätman))

Probably regularized from Arabic تَنِّين (tannīn).


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 (nägäśt) or ነገሥታት (nägäśtat))

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


ክዳን

Tigrinya: ክዳን (kədan)


ፈረስ

Cognate with Arabic فَرَسٌ (farasun), Hebrew פָּרָשׁ.

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Hebrew פָּרָשׁ


ፀሓይ

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ፀሓይ • (ṣ́äḥay)

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→ Amharic: ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥäy), ፀሓይ (ṣ́äḥay), ጸሐይ (ṣäḥay), ጸሓይ (ṣäḥay)

Compare Arabic ضُحًى (ḍuḥan, “morning, forenoon”).


ሰላም

From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).

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Aramaic שְׁלָמָא


በዓል

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በዓል • (bäʿal)

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-. Related to Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).


በዓል

bäʿal (romanization)
በዓላት (plural)
በዓለ (absolute singular)
በዓለከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
በዓለኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
በዓሎ (accusative possessed-form singular)
በዓለነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
በዓለክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
በዓለክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
በዓላተ (absolute plural)


ርእስ

rǝʾs (romanization)
አርእስት (plural)
ርእሰ (absolute singular)
ርእሰከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ርእሰኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ርእሶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ርእሰነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ርእሰክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ርእሰክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አርእስተ (absolute plural)

From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognate with Hebrew ראשׁ, Arabic رَأْس (raʔs), Classical Syriac ܪܺܝܫܳܐ.


እድ

ʾəd (romanization)
እደው (plural)
እደ (absolute singular)
እደወ (absolute plural)


ሶር

sor (romanization)
አስዋር (plural)
ሶረ (absolute singular)
ሶረከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሶረኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሶሮ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሶረነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሶረክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሶረክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አስዋረ (absolute plural)


ከልብ

ከልብ • (kalb) m (plural ከለባት (käläbat), and አክልብት (ʾäkləbt), and አክላብ (ʾäklab), and አካልብት (ʾäkaləbt))

kalb (romanization)
ከለባት (plural)
ከልበ (absolute singular)
ከልበከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ከልበኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ከልቦ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ከልበነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ከልበክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ከልበክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ከለባተ (absolute plural)
አክልብተ (absolute plural)
አክላበ (absolute plural)
አካልብተ (absolute plural)


ዕፅ

ዕፅ • (ʕəṣ́) ? (plural ዕፀው (ʕəṣ́äw) or ዕፀዋት (ʕəṣ́äwat))

ʕəṣ́ (romanization)
ዕፀው (plural)
ዕፀዋት (plural)


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)


ስን

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

Amharic: ስን (sǝnn)


አፍ

አፍ • (ʾäf) f or m (plural አፈው (ʾäfäw), and አፈዋት (ʾäfäwat))

ʾäf (romanization)
አፈው (plural)
አፈ (absolute singular)
አፋየ (accusative first-person possessed-form singular)
አፋከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፋኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፋሁ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፋሃ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፋነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
አፋክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፋክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፋሆሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፋሆን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አፈወ (absolute plural)
አፈዋተ (absolute plural)


ዝእብ

ዝእብ • (zǝʾb)


ምሴት

məset (romanization)
ምሴታት (plural)
ምስየት (alternative)
ምስያታት (alternative)


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)


ንስር

nəsr (romanization)
አንስርት (plural)
ንስረ (absolute singular)
ንስረከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንስረኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንስሮ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንስረነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ንስረክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንስረክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አንስርተ (absolute plural)


ንስረ

ንስረ • (nəsrä)

ንስር ንስር#Ge'ez


መብረቅ

መብረቅ • (mäbräḳ) (plural መባርቅት)

Cognate with Hebrew בָּרַק, Arabic بَرَقَ (baraqa).

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Hebrew בָּרַק


ኮክ

kok (romanization)
ኮክሕ (alternative)
ኮክህ (alternative)
ኆኅ (alternative)
ኆህ (alternative)


ሰይፍ

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


ሰማይ

ሰማይ • (sämay) (accusative singular ሰማየ (sämayä), plural ሰማያት (sämayat))

sämay (romanization)
ሰማየ (accusative singular)
ሰማያት (plural)

From Proto-Semitic *šamāy- (“sky, heaven”).

Genesis 1:1:
በቀዳሚ ፡ ገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሰማየ ፡ ወምድረ ።
bäḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdərä .
In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth.


ድብ

ድብ • (dǝbb) m or f (singular and collective, common plural ድባት (dəbbat))

dǝbb (romanization)
ድባት (common plural)
ድበ (absolute singular)
ድበከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ድበኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ድቦ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ድበነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ድበክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ድበክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ድባተ (absolute plural)


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)


ሐም

ḥäm (romanization)
አሕማው (plural)
ሐመ (absolute singular)
አሕማወ (absolute plural)


ክታብ

Probably a borrowing from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).


ግዕዝ

ግዕዝ • (gəʿz)


ቅዱስ

From Ge'ez ቀደሰ (qäddäsä, “to sanctify”).


ቀዳሚ

ቀዳሚ • (ḳädami)

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

በቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።

1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

bäḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdrä.


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)


ቆባረ

ቆባረ • (ḳobarä)

English: qobar

ወይሬስዮ እግዚአብሔር ለዝናመ ምድርከ ቆባረ ወመሬት ይወርድ እምሰማይ ላዕሌከ እስከ ይቀጠቅጠከ ወእስከ ያጠፍአከ


መስኮት

→ Arabic: مِشكَاة (“niche for lamp”)


መንግሥት

መንግሥት • (mängəśt) m or f (plural መንግሥታት (mängəśtat))


ዘነብ

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→ Amharic: ዘነብ (zänäb), ዘለብ (zäläb) (learned)

→ Tigrinya: ዘነብ (zänäb) (learned)


መንፈስ

divine spirit, incorporeal spirits (I.e. angels, demons etc...)


እንስሳ

ʾənsəsa (romanization)
እንስሳት (plural)
እንስሳተ (absolute plural)

From the root meaning 'to walk', related to Hebrew שִׁשֵּׁא, Arabic دَأْدَأَ (daʔdaʔa), Hebrew הִדַּדָּה. Compare Arabic مَاشِيَةٌ (māšiyatun, “cattle”), from the root م ش ي (m š y, “to walk”).
See አንሶሰወ (ʾänsosäwä, “to walk”).

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Hebrew שִׁשֵּׁא

Hebrew הִדַּדָּה


ከበሮ

→ Arabic: كَبَر (kabar)


ከበሮ

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ከበሮ • (käbäro)

ከረቦ ከረቦ#Ge'ez

Alternative form of ከረቦ (käräbo, “basket”)


ሣጹን

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

śaṣun (romanization)
ሣጹናት (plural)
ሣፁን (alternative)

desc

→ 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”).


በለስ

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በለስ • (bäläs) m or f (plural በለሳት (bäläsat), and አብላስ (ʾäblas))

See also Arabic بَلَس (balas, “fig”), a Yemenite word.


ሣፁን

ሣፁን • (śaṣ́un) m or f (plural ሣፁናት (śaṣ́unat))

ሣጹን ሣጹን#Ge'ez


ሰዓት

ሰዓት • (säʿat) f or m (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))

ሰዐት ሰዐት#Ge'ez


እስራኤል

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)


ሕግ

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ሕግ • (ḥəg) m or f (plural ሕገግ (ḥəgäg) or ሕገጋት (ḥəgägat))

ḥəg (romanization)
ሕገግ (plural)
ሕገጋት (plural)
ሕገ (absolute singular)
ሕገከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሕገኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሕጎ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሕገነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሕገክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሕገክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሕገገ (absolute plural)
ሕገጋተ (absolute plural)

Numbers 9:23
እስመ ፡ በትእዛዘ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይግዕዙ ፡ ወሕገጊሁ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ የዐቅቡ ፡ በትእዛዘ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወበእዴሁ ፡ ለሙሴ ።
ʾəsmä bätʾəzazä ʾəgziʾäbḥer yəgʿəzu wäḥgägihu läʾgəziʾäbḥer yäʿäḳbu bätʾəzazä ʾəgziʾäbḥer wäbäʾdehu lämuse .
At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.

Genesis 17:7
ወእሠይም ፡ ኪዳንየ ፡ ማእከሌየ ፡ ወማእከሌከ ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ዘርእከ ፡ እምድኅሬከ ፡ በመዋዕሊሆሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይኩንከ ፡ ሕገ ፡ ዘለዓለም ፡ ከመ ፡ አነ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ አምላክ ።
wäʾśäym kidanyä maʾkäleyä wämaʾkälekä wämaʾkälä zärʾəkä ʾəmdəḫrekä bämäwaʿlihomu kämä yəkunkä ḥəgä zäläʿaläm kämä ʾänä wəʾtu ʾämlak .
I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.


ባሕር

From Proto-West Semitic *baḥr- (“sea”). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܒܰܚܪܳܐ, Arabic بَحْرٌ (baḥrun). Brockelmann considers ባሕር a Kontrastbildung to ብሔር (bəḥer).


ሓሳብ

Related to Arabic root ح س ب (ḥ s b), Hebrew root ח־שׁ־ב, Classical Syriac root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ħ-ʃ-b) and Egyptian ḥsb, all relating to the concept of thinking or calculating.

ar-root

ح س ب (ḥ s b)

account, accounting, reckoning, calculation, chronology, price, portion, share


ሕዝብ

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ሕዝብ • (ḥəzb) m or f (plural ሕዘብ or አሕዛብ)

ḥəzb (romanization)
ሕዘብ (plural)
አሕዛብ (plural)

ar-root

ح ز ب (ḥ z b)


መምክር

head

መምክር • (mämkər) m or f (plural መምካራን/መምካርት)

mämkər (romanization)
መምካራን (plural)
መምካርት (plural)

From the verb መካራ (mäkara, “to counsel, advise”).


ማእድ

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

desctree

→ 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).


ክንፍ

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ክንፍ • (kənf) m or f (plural ከነፍ (känäf) or አከናፍ (ʾäkänaf))

kənf (romanization)
ከነፍ (plural)
አከናፍ (plural)

wing, fin (of fish), branch (of tree) , border, edge


ካህን

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


እንቁጣጣሽ

እንቁጣጣሽ • (ʾənḳuṭaṭaš)

The first day of the Ethiopian calendar Year, celebrated as a New Year festival


የካቲት

yäkkatit (romanization)
የካ፟ቲት (alternative)

The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon.

unk

not given

The sixth month of the Ethiopic calendar, corresponding in non-leap years to 8 February - 7 March.


ጥልቀት

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ጥልቀት • (ṭəlḳät)

contamination, pollution, impurity, blemish


ዓለም

ዓለም • (ʿaläm) m or f (plural ዓለማት (ʿalämat))

Borrowed from Aramaic עָלְמָא / ܥܳܠܡܳܐ (ʿāləmā).

bor

Aramaic עָלְמָא


ነፍስ

From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”). Compare, Classical Syriac ܢܦܫܐ, Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, Akkadian 𒆒 (napašu, “to breathe”), 𒍣 (napištu, “life”),Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš).

cog

Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ


ብርክ

From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). Cognate with Amharic ብርክ (bərk, “knee”), Tigrinya ብርኪ (bərki, “knee”).


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.


ለያልይ

ሌሊት ሌሊት#Ge'ez


አስዋር

አስዋር • (ʾäswar)


ምንዳቤ

ምንዳቤ • (məndabe) m or f (plural ምንዳቤያት or ምንዳብያት)

məndabe (romanization)
ምንዳቤያት (plural)
ምንዳብያት (plural)


ምንዳቤያት

ምንዳቤ ምንዳቤ#Ge'ez


ምንዳብያት

ምንዳቤ ምንዳቤ#Ge'ez


ነቢያት

ነቢይ ነቢይ#Ge'ez


ነብያት

ነቢይ ነቢይ#Ge'ez


ነጥብ

full stop, period (indicating the end of a sentence)


እግር

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


ልብስ

ልብስ • (ləbs) m (plural አልባስ (ʾälbas) or አልባሳት (ʾälbasat))

ləbs (romanization)
አልባስ (plural)
አልባሳት (plural)
ልብሰ (absolute singular)
ልብሰከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልብሰኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልብሶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልብሰነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ልብሰክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልብሰክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አልባሰ (absolute plural)
አልባሳተ (absolute plural)

ወገብሩ ፡ አልባሰ ፡ ዐፅፍ ፡ ዘሜላት ፡ ግብረ ፡ ማእነም ፡ ለአሮን ፡ ወለደቂቁ ፤

And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen;

wägäbru ʾälbasä ʿäṣ́f zämelat gəbrä maʾnäm läʾäron wälädäḳiḳu ;


መርከብ

መርከብ • (märkäb)

Amharic: መርከብ (märkäb)

Tigrinya: መርከብ (märkäb)

Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبٌ (markabun), Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܟܰܒܬܳܐ, Hebrew מרכבה. See ረክብ (räkb).


ዘይት

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


ፍቅር

ፍቅር • (fəḳr)


እኤል

እኤል • (ʾəʾel)


አበቢ

አበቢ • (ʾäbäbi)

Rare, perhaps borrowed from Arabic أُبَاب (ʔubāb).


እባል

እባል • (ʾəbal)

Cognate with Hebrew אבר (“limb, organ”).


እብል

እብል • (ʾəbl)

Unknown, possibly connected to ع ب ل (ʕ b l) particularly in the sense of a dog-rose, it being a mountain-plant, and the word for granite, comparing the things said on Hebrew חֹרֶשׁ (ḥóreš, “forest on the mountains etc.”), the lost cognate of which gave rise to the word for the rhinoceros in Ethiopian Semitic.

ar-root

ع ب ل (ʕ b l)


ኤዶም

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


አድግ

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አድግ • (ʾädg)

Connected by Dillmann with Arabic حِدْج (ḥidj, “burden, load”). See also حِداجَة (ḥidāja, “camel saddle”). Found by Jakob Barth again in عِلْج (ʕilj).


በቅል

በቅል • (bäḳl) m or f (plural አብቅል (ʾäbḳəl), and አብቅልት (ʾäbḳəlt))

→ Amharic: በቅሎ (bäḳlo)

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→ Argobba: በቅሎ (bäḳlo), በግሎ (bäglo) (Aliyu Amba)

→ Gafat: ብጭለ (bəč̣əlä)

→ Harari: በቀል (bäḳäl)

→ Tigre: በቀል (bäḳäl)

→ Tigrinya: በቕሊ (bäx̣li), በቍሊ (bäḳʷli), በቅሊ (bäḳli), ብቍሊ (bəḳʷli)

Borrowed from Sabaean 𐩨𐩶𐩡 (bġl) and that probably from Old Arabic بَغْل (baḡl).


ጽልመት

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ጽልመት • (ṣəlmät)

Direct cognate or parallel formation to Arabic ظُلْمَة (ẓulma, “darkness”).


ዓም

በተፍጻሜቱ ለዝንቱ ኢዮቤልዉ ተቀትለ ቃየን እምድኅሬሁ በአሐዱ ዓም ወወድቀ ቤቱ ላዕሌሁ ወሞተ በማእከለ ቤቱ

bätäfṣametu läznətu ʾiyobelwu täḳätlä ḳayän ʾəmdəḫrehu bäʾäḥädu ʿam wäwädḳä betu laʿlehu wämotä bämaʾkälä betu

At the conclusion of this jubilee Cain was killed one year after him. His house fell on him, and he died inside his house.


ወልድ

From Proto-Semitic *walad- Compare Arabic وَلَد (walad, “child”), وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”), Hebrew יֶלֶד.


ላህም

lahm (romanization)
አልህምት (plural)
ላህመ (absolute singular)
ላህመከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ላህመኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ላህሞ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ላህመነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ላህመክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ላህመክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አልህምተ (absolute plural)

Amharic: ላም (lam)


ሐሊብ

ሐሊብ • (ḥälib) ?

ḥälib (romanization)
ሐሊበ (absolute singular)
ሐሊበከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐሊበኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐሊቦ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐሊበነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሐሊበክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሐሊበክን (accusative possessed-form singular)


ማእረር

ማእረር • (maʾrär)

Derived from አረረ (ʾärärä, “reap, gather, harvest”), a secondary form of አረየ (ʾäräyä, “gather, glean, separate”)


ኀጺን

ኀጺን • (ḫäṣin)

ḫäṣin (romanization)
ሐጺን (alternative)
ኀፂን (alternative)

→ 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”).

bor

Aramaic חֲצִינָא


ሐመዳ

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ሐመዳ • (ḥämäda)

Amharic: አመዳይ (ʾämäday)


ጊሜ

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


ምድር

ምድር • (mədr)

Amharic: ምድር (mədr)

From Proto-Semitic *mVdr- (“clod”). Cognate with Arabic مَدَرٌ (madarun), Classical Syriac ܡܶܕܪܳܐ.


ጽናዔ

ጽናዔ • (ṣənaʿe)


ሕምሥ

ሕምሥ • (ḥəmś)


ዳንያ

Cognate with Hebrew דיין (dayán), Arabic ديان (dayyān) , Aramaic דינא (dayyānā).


ሐብስ

ሐብስ • (ḥäbs)


መዝሙር

Cognate with Hebrew מִזְמוֹר, Arabic مَزْمُور (mazmūr), Classical Syriac ܡܰܙܡܰܘܪܳܐ.

cog

Hebrew מִזְמוֹר


ጸሓፊ

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


ሀገር

hägär (romanization)
አህጉር (plural)
ሀገረ (absolute singular)
ሀገረከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀገረኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀገሮ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀገረነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሀገረክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀገረክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አህጉረ (absolute plural)

Compare Arabic هَجَر (hajar), Classical Syriac ܐܰܟܳܪܳܐ, Hebrew אִכָּר.

Hebrew אִכָּר

cultivated field, inhabited land, province, country

farmer, inhabitant of a land, urban resident


ደቂቅና

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ደቂቅና • (däḳiḳna)


ስርየት

ስርየት • (səryät)


መስፍሕ

mäsfəḥ (romanization)
መሳፍሕ (plural)
መስፍሐ (absolute singular)
መስፍሐከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
መስፍሐኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
መስፍሖ (accusative possessed-form singular)
መስፍሐነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
መስፍሐክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
መስፍሐክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
መሳፍሐ (absolute plural)


ስግድ

ስግድ • (səgd)

Borrowed from Aramaic שִׁגּדּא (šigdā) / שִׁיגּדּא (šigdā) / ܫܓܕܐ (šegdā), akin to Hebrew שָׁקֵד (šāqḗḏ).

cog

Hebrew שָׁקֵד (šāqḗḏ)


ከርካዕ

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ከርካዕ • (kärkaʿ)

Compare Tigre and Tigrinya ካዕካዕ (kaʿkaʿ) meaning various tree nuts, probably of imitative origin.


ለውዝ

ለውዝ • (läwz)


ጸብእ

ጸብእ • (ṣäbʾ) (plural አጽባእ/አጽባእት)

ṣäbʾ (romanization)
አጽባእ (plural)
አጽባእት (plural)
ጸብአ (absolute singular)
ጸብአከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጸብአኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጸብኦ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጸብአነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ጸብአክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጸብአክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አጽባአ (absolute plural)
አጽባእተ (absolute plural)

. Possibly cognate with Hebrew צָבָא (“military, army, host”).


ምጽባእ

ምጽባእ • (məṣbaʾ)

məṣbaʾ (romanization)
ምጽባአ (absolute singular)
ምጽባአከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ምጽባአኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ምጽባኦ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ምጽባአነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ምጽባአክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ምጽባአክን (accusative possessed-form singular)


ገውዝ

ገውዝ • (gäwz)

Borrowed from Aramaic גוזא / ܓܘܙܐ (gawzā).

nut in general (because the walnut isn’t really known in Ethiopia)

odoriferous substance from hard plant products, perfume


ጽሩር

ጽሩር • (ṣərur)


ረክብ

ረክብ • (räkb)


ገብር

Either from Proto-West Semitic *gabr-, or formed internally from ገብረ (gäbrä, “to work”).


ዶርሆ

Connected by Dillmann with Arabic طَيْر (ṭayr).


ብሔር

bəḥer (romanization)
በሓውርት (plural)
ብሔረ (absolute singular)
ብሔረከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብሔረኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብሔሮ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብሔረነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ብሔረክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብሔረክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
በሓውርተ (absolute plural)

population, inhabitants, nations, dwellers

region, province, country
parish, bishopric


ግልባብ

→ Arabic: جِلْبَاب (jilbāb)


ተክሪዝ

Cognate with Arabic تَكْرِيزٌ (takrīzun), كرز.

proclamation, promulgation, edict (often clerical)


ዐምድ

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

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Hebrew עַמּוּד


ምልሓ

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ምልሓ • (məlḥa)


አእምሮ

አእምሮ • (ʾäʾməro) m

ʾäʾməro (romanization)
አእምሮት (alternative)


ናሕስ

naḥs (romanization)
አንሕስት (plural)
ናሕሰ (absolute singular)
ናሕሰከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ናሕሰኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ናሕሶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ናሕሰነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ናሕሰክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ናሕሰክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አንሕስተ (absolute plural)

Cognate with Hebrew נחושת, Classical Syriac ܢܚܳܝܳܐ, Aramaic נחש, Arabic نُحَاسٌ (nuḥāsun).


አርዝ

As Arabic أَرْز (ʔarz, “cedar”) borrowed from Aramaic אַרְזָא / ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzā, “cedar”). It being a tree by far not native to Ethiopia, the word may as well have been understood as any tall tree.

bor

Aramaic אַרְזָא


ብዝኀት

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ብዝኀት • (bəzḫät)


ዖፍ

ʿof (romanization)
አዕዋፍ (plural)
አዕዋፋት (plural)

Cognate with Hebrew עוֹף, Classical Syriac ܥܰܘܦܳܐ.


ቈጽል

ḳʷäṣl (romanization)
አቍጽል (plural)
ቈጽለ (absolute singular)
ቈጽለከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቈጽለኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቈጽሎ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቈጽለነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ቈጽለክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ቈጽለክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
አቍጽለ (absolute plural)


ተመሃሪ

Cognate with Amharic ተማሪ (tämari). See መሀረ (mähärä)


ተልሚድ

Cognate with Arabic تَلْمِيذٌ (talmīḏun), Hebrew תַּלְמִיד, Classical Syriac ܬܰܠܡܺܝܕܳܐ. Probably borrowed.

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Hebrew תַּלְמִיד


ቀንአት

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ቀንአት • (ḳännəʾät)

ḳännəʾät (romanization)
ቅንአት (alternative)
ቀንዓት (alternative)

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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”).


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


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))


ደብር

ደብር • (däbr) m (plural አድባራት (ʾädbarat) or አድባር (ʾädbar))

däbr (romanization)
አድባራት (plural)
አድባር (plural)

From the Proto-Semitic root d-b-r which has the general meanings 'to follow, to come or be behind, to lead.' Cognates include Arabic دَبْرٌ (dabrun), دُبْرٌ (dubrun, “back, hinder part”), Arabic دَبْرَةٌ (dabratun, “open field”) from دَبْرٌ (dabrun, “mountain”), which may be a borrowed from Ge'ez ደብር (däbr). Other cognates include Biblical Hebrew דֹבֶר (doβer, “pasture”), Aramaic דַבּרָא (dabbərā, “pasture, field”), Classical Syriac ܕܒܪܐ (daβrā, daβro, “pasture, field”)

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Genesis 22:14
ወሰመዮ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ መካን ፡ ርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ይበሉ ፡ ዮም ፡ ውስተ ፡ ደብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ርእየ ።
wäsämäyo ʾäbrəham läwʾətu mäkan rəʾyä ʾəgziʾäbḥer kämä yəbälu yom wəstä däbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer rəʾyä .
So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

Exodus 13:7
ናእተ ፡ ትበልዑ ፡ ሰቡዐ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ወኢያስተርኢክሙ ፡ ብሑእ ፡ ወኢየሀሉ ፡ ብሕእት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ አድባሪክሙ ።
naʾtä təbälʿu säbuʿä ʿəlätä wäʾiyastärʾikmu bəḥuʾ wäʾiyähälu bəḥʾət wəstä kʷəlu ʾädbarikmu .
Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.

ዳብር ዳብር#Ge'ez


ፄዋ

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ፄዋ • (ṣ́ewa)


ዐዋዲ

ዐዋዲ • (ʿäwadi)


ሰገም

ሰገም • (sägäm)

Related to Tigrinya ስገም (səgäm, “barley”). A Cushitic borrowing, compare Xamtanga [Term?] (sikema), Blin sekma, Awngi [script needed] (simeki).


አክሊል

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


ሥርው

ሥርው • (śərw) m or f (plural ሥረው or አሥራው)

śərw (romanization)
ሥረው (plural)
አሥራው (plural)

(figurative) origin, cause, beginning, principle


ፈትል

fätl (romanization)
አፍታል (plural)
አፍትልት (plural)


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


ውሉድ

ወልድ ወልድ#Ge'ez


መጽሐፍ

መጽሐፍ • (mäṣḥäf) ? (plural መጻሕፍት, mäṣāḥəft)

mäṣḥäf (romanization)
መጻሕፍት (plural)
mäṣāḥəft (plural)

ጸ-ሐ-ፈ (ṣ-h-f)
From the verb ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä).


መልአክ

መልአክ • (mälʾäk) (plural መልአክት)

desctree

→ Arabic: مَلْأَك (malʔak), مَلَك (malak)
→ Abaza: мальаикь (malᶻaikʲ)
→ Abkhaz: амаалықь (amaaləkʲ)
→ Adyghe: мэлэӏич (mɛlɛʼič)
→ Armenian: մալաք, մալախ (malakʻ, malax)
→ Avar: малаик (malaik)
→ Azerbaijani: mələk
→ Chechen: малик (malik)
→ Classical Persian: مَلَک (malak)
→ Dargwa: малайк (malajk)
→ Farefare: malɛka
→ Fula: maleyka
→ Hausa: mala'ika
→ Ingush: малайк (malajk)
→ Javanese: ꦩꦭꦲꦺꦏꦠ꧀ (malaékat)
→ Kabardian: мэлэӏыч (mɛlɛʼəč)
→ Khwarezmian: ملك (mlk)
→ Kumyk: малайик (malayik)
→ Northern Kurdish: melek, milyaket
→ Lezgi: малаик (malaik)
→ Malay: malak, malaikat
Indonesian: malaikat
→ Maranao: mala'ikat
→ Moore: malɛka
→ Ngiti: màlàyikà
→ Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek)
Turkish: melek
→ Albanian: meleq
→ Romanian: melec
→ Serbo-Croatian: mèlek /мѐлек
→ Swahili: malaika
Tooro: malaika
→ Tabasaran: малайик (malajik)
→ Tat: малах
→ Tausug: malāikat
→ Turkmen: melek
→ Yoruba: màlékà


ቍንፍዝ

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ቍንፍዝ • (ḳʷənfəz)

ḳʷənfəz (romanization)
ቅንፍዝ (alternative)
ቅንፉዝ (alternative)


ውዕላ

ውዕላ • (wəʿəla)

wəʿəla (romanization)
ወዓላ (alternative)
ዋእላ (alternative)


ርግብ

ርግብ • (rəgb) f or m (plural አርጋብ (ʾärgab))

Akin to Tigre እርግብ (ʾərgəb), Tigrinya ርግቢ (rəgbi), Amharic ርግብ (rəgb).


መሀር

መሀር • (mähär /məhr/) (plural አመሀረ (ʾämähärä), scilicet *አምሃር (ʾämhar))

mähär (romanization)
məhr (romanization)
አመሀረ (plural)

Regularly, spelled with later vowel distinctions, *ምህር (məhr), from Proto-Semitic *muhr-.

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:


ገብገብ

ገብገብ • (gäbgäb)

gäbgäb (romanization)
ገብገቦ (alternative)
ገበገቦ (alternative)
ግብጋቦ (alternative)
ገብጋቦ (alternative)

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.


ጠሊ

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ጠሊ • (ṭäli) m (feminine ጠሊት (ṭälit), common plural አጣሊ (ʾäṭali))

ṭäli (romanization)
ጠሊት (feminine)
አጣሊ (common plural)


ሀየል

ሀየል • (häyyäl) m or f (singular and collective, common plural ሀየላት (häyyälat))

häyyäl (romanization)
ሀየላት (common plural)
ሀየለ (absolute singular)
ሀየለከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀየለኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀየሎ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀየለነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ሀየለክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀየለክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ሀየላተ (absolute plural)
ኀየል (alternative)


እማት

እማት • (ʾəmmat)


ሳሬት

ሣሬት ሣሬት#Ge'ez


ሣሬት

A Cushitic borrowing. Blin saariro, Qimant saari, Awngi [script needed] (sheraani), Oromo sariitii.


ስብጥ

ስብጥ • (səbṭ)


ገቦ

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

side, flank of the body and other things


እክል

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


ሥራይ

ሢራይ ሢራይ#Ge'ez

Alternative form of ሢራይ (śiray, “a kind of costly vestment”)


ሢራይ

śiray (romanization)
ሢራያት (plural)
ሥራይ (alternative)
ሤራይ (alternative)

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)


ልጓም

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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).


ሣዕር

ሣዕር • (śaʿr) m or f (plural አሥዕርት (ʾäśʿərt))

śaʿr (romanization)
አሥዕርት (plural)
ሳዕር (alternative)


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”).


ልብን

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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)


ዕንጐት

ዕንጐት • (ʿəngʷät) (plural ዕንጐታት (ʿəngʷätat))

ʿəngʷät (romanization)
ዕንጐታት (plural)
ዕንጉት (alternative)

እንጐታት፡ ፭ዘውእቱ፡ ትርንጕ

15ᵗʰ century manuscript, edited by Sylvain Grébaut, Les trois derniers traités du Livre des Mystères du ciel et de la terre [Book of the Mysteries of the Heaven and the Earth] (Patrologia Orientalis; 6.III (28)), Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cⁱᵉ, published 1911, page 429 last line:

Five mountain plums, comparable with citrons

Bible translations into Geʽez
Song of Solomon


ትርንጐ

ትርንጐ • (tərəngʷä) (plural ትርንጕ (tərəngʷ))

እንጐታት፡ ፭ዘውእቱ፡ ትርንጕ

Citrus medica
Citrus medica#Translingual


ትርንጕ

ትርንጕ • (tərəngʷ)

ትርንጐ ትርንጐ#Ge'ez


ገነት

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

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


ሥርናይ

ሥርናይ • (śərnay)

śərnay (romanization)
ስርናይ (alternative)

A Cushitic loan. In Somali sarreen, sareen, Gedeo sinde, Burji sinde, Saho sinraa, Afar sirnay, sirray, Blin shinraay, Awngi [script needed] (səndayi), Wolaytta sindiya, all meaning wheat.


ተምር

ተምር • (tämr) (collective, singulative ተመርት (tämärt))


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

käladewon (romanization)
ከልዴዎን (alternative)
ከላውዴዎን (alternative)

From Ancient Greek Χᾰλδαῖον (Khăldaîon).


ስናፔ

sənappe (romanization)
ሰናፔ (alternative)


ጻጾት

ጻጹት ጻጹት#Ge'ez


ጻጹት

ṣaṣut (romanization)
ጻጾት (alternative)
ጻጼት (alternative)
ፃፁት (alternative)
ፃፆት (alternative)
ጻፁት (alternative)
ጻዖት (alternative)

Compare Ge'ez ፃፄ (ṣ́aṣ́e, “moth, worm”), which is inconclusively connected to Arabic سُوس (sūs, “moth, worm”).


ፃፄ

ፃፄ • (ṣ́aṣ́e)

Inconclusively connected to Arabic سُوس (sūs, “moth, worm”). Ge'ez ዕፄ (ʿəṣ́e) also has this meaning but compares to عُثَّة (ʕuṯṯa). Compare Ge'ez ጻጹት (ṣaṣut, “gnat; red ant”).


ዕፄ

ዕፄ • (ʿəṣ́e) m or f (plural ዕፄያት (ʿəṣ́eyat), and ዕፀያት (ʿəṣ́äyat))

Inconclusively connected to Arabic عُثَّة (ʕuṯṯa). Ge'ez ፃፄ (ṣ́aṣ́e) also has this meaning but compares to سُوس (sūs).


ሮማን

ሮማን • (roman) m or f (singulative and collective, plural ሮማናት (romanat))

Probably in Ethiopian Semitic via Aramaic. See Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for more.


ብርስን

ብርስን • (bərsən)

bərsən (romanization)
ብርስነ (absolute singular)
ብርስነከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብርስነኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብርስኖ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብርስነነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ብርስነክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ብርስነክን (accusative possessed-form singular)


ነቢት

ነቢይት ነቢይት#Ge'ez

Alternative form of ነቢይት (näbiyyət, “prophetess”)


ነቢይት

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

näbiyyət (romanization)
ነቢይ (masculine)
ነቢት (alternative)
ነቢየት (alternative)
ነቢእት (alternative)


ጎር

Borrowed from Arabic جَار (jār). Notwithstanding the different plural pattern, since ʔaKLāM is even more widely used a broken plural in Ethiopian Semitic.


ዐርክት

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

ʿärəkt (romanization)
ዐርክ (masculine)
ዐርካን (masculine plural)
ዐርካት (feminine plural)
አዕርክት (common plural)

አነ አርከዳ ቀተልኩ በገይስ ዐርክተ
ʾänä ʾärkäda ḳätälku bä-gäys ʿärəktä

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.


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)
ዓርክ (alternative)

ተዓርኮት

ተዓረከ (täʿaräkä, “to be or become friends, to associate”)


ገይስ

ገይስ • (gäys)

አነ አርከዳ ቀተልኩ በገይስ ዐርክተ
ʾänä ʾärkäda ḳätälku bägäys ʿärkətä

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).


እብን

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


አንቄ

ʾänḳe (romanization)
አናቅይ (plural)
አንቄት (alternative)

Unknown. Akin to Gurage anḳʼət and anḳʼit and Amharic አንቄ (ʾänḳe) and perhaps Arabic أَنُوق (ʔanūq).


ሲላን

silan (romanization)
ሲለን (alternative)
ስለን (alternative)

Anethum graveolens
Anethum graveolens#Translingual


ስለን

ስለን • (səlän)

ሲላን ሲላን#Ge'ez


ሲለን

ሲላን ሲላን#Ge'ez


ሰሊካ

sälika (romanization)
ሰሊክ (alternative)
ሰሊኆት (alternative)
ሰሊሖት (alternative)

Cinnamomum cassia
Cinnamomum cassia#Translingual

cassia, Cinnamomum cassia syn. Cinnamomum aromaticum


ጸልመት

ጸልመት • (ṣälmät)


ጾላዕ

ṣolaʿ (romanization)
ጾልዓት (plural)
ጾላዐ (absolute singular)
ጾላዐከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጾላዐኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጾላዖ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጾላዐነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ጾላዐክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጾላዐክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ጾልዓተ (absolute plural)


ውሳጤ

Compare Arabic وَسْط (wasṭ, “middle, center”) and Classical Syriac ܝܫܛܐ (yašṭā, “esophagus, throat”).

cog

the inside (of something), the innermost part, the interior


ስብከት

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ስብከት • (səbkät)

Perhaps related to the roots of Hebrew צָעַק, Hebrew זָעַק, Arabic صاح (ṣāḥ) and/or Arabic صخب.


ፍሬ

From Proto-Semitic *piry-. Cognate with Hebrew פְּרִי (pərī) and Ugaritic 𐎔𐎗 (pr /pirû/).


ሰብእ

ሰብእ • (säbʾ)

Cognate with Aramaic שְׁבָא, Aramaic סְבָא.

(Singular and collective) man, human, mankind

household servants, relatives, one's household (those living in the house)

inhabitants, people, citizens, people of a country


ጽድቅ

ጽድቅ • (ṣədḳ)

innocence, piety, probity, uprightness, virtue, sanctity


ድርዕ

ድርዕ • (dərʿ)

Compare Arabic دِرْع (dirʕ, “armor, protective coverings, shell”), Tigre ደርዕ (därʿ), Tigrinya ድርዒ (dərʿi), Amharic ዲር (dir), ድር (dər), Soqotri daraḥ (“to put on (a garment)”).


ድርገት

Compare Arabic دَرَج (daraj), Hebrew דֶּרֶג (déreḡ), Classical Syriac ܕܪܓܐ, Aramaic דרגא.


ርትዐ

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ርትዐ • (rətʿä)

probity, integrity, candor
rightness, legality


መላጼ

mälaṣe (romanization)
መላጽያት (plural)
መላጺ (alternative)


ጠራው

ጠራው • (ṭäraw)


ሰይል

ሰይል • (säyl)

Univerbation of ሰይ (säy, “woe”) + ለ- (lä-, “for”).


ሰይል

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ሰይል • (säyl)


ዓመት

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

ʿamät (romanization)
ዓመታት (plural)
ዓም (alternative)


አማዑት

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

ʾämaʿut (romanization)
አማዕዋት (plural)
አምዑት (alternative)

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


ባቄላ

Borrowed from Arabic بَاقِلّاء (bāqillāʔ).


ንግሥት

ንግሥት • (nəgəśt) f (plural ንግሥታት (nəgəśtat))

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)


ጥንፍ

ጥንፍ • (ṭənf) m (plural ጥነፍ (ṭənäf), and አጥናፍ (ʾäṭnaf))

ጠነፈ

to transfix with a needle in order to embroider

cornice, crossbeam of a building, joint between pillars etc.


ወቅፍ

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

wäḳf (romanization)
አውቃፍ (plural)
ውቅፍ (alternative)

→ Arabic: وَقْف (waqf)

unk

obscure


ሰዐት

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

säʿät (romanization)
ሰዐታት (plural)
ሳዐት (alternative)
ሰዓት (alternative)

Borrowed from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא / ܫܳܥܬܳܐ (šāʿəṯā).

bor

Aramaic שָׁעְתָא


ኀንዚር

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ኀንዚር • (ḫänzir) m (plural ኀናዚር (ḫänazir))

ḫänzir (romanization)
ኀናዚር (plural)
ሕንዚር (alternative)
ሐንዚር (alternative)
ሐንዘር (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr) or its Aramaic source. The usual word for pig in Gəʿəz is ሐራውያ (ḥärawəya).


መትከፍት

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

mätkäft (romanization)
መታክፍ (plural)
መትከፍ (alternative)

Derivative of Proto-West Semitic *katip- f.

(poetical) the yoke as the body part where a beast of burden carries load


መትከፍ

መትከፍ • (mätkäf) f or m (plural መታክፍ (mätakəf), and መታክፍት (mätakəft))

መትከፍት መትከፍት#Ge'ez

Alternative form of መትከፍት (mätkäft, “shoulder”)


ኵናት

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

kʷənat (romanization)
ኵያንው (plural)
ኲናት (alternative)

lance, javelin, shorter or generic spear


ከኒሳ

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

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

bor

כְּנִישְׁתָּא

Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā)

congregation, synagogue, religion meeting


ፋሲካ

From Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pésakh).


አስተስርዮ

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አስተስርዮ • (ʾästäsrəyo)

From ሰረየ (säräyä, “pardon, absolve, expiate, accede”), cognate to Aramaic שרי.

ወአመ፡ዐሡሩ፡ለሳብዕ፡ወርኅ፡ዕለተ፡አስተስርዮ፡ይእቲ፡ወቅድስተ፡ትሰመይ፡ለክሙ፡ወአኅምምዋ፡ለነፍስክሙ፡ወአብኡ፡መሥዋዕተ፡ለእግዚአብሔር።

1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, Leviticus 23:27:

And also the tenth of the seventh month is the Day of Atonement; and it shall be sanctified greatly for you, and you will humble your souls and present a whole offering to the LORD.

Wä-ʾämä ʽäśuru lä-sabʽə wärḫ ʽəlätä ʾästäsrəyo yəʾəti wä-ḳədəstä təsämäy läkəmu wä-ʾäḫməmwa lä-näfsəkəmu wä-ʾäbəʾu mäśwaʽətä lä-ʾəgəziʾäbḥer.

(Beta Israel) Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement


ምዕራብ

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


ጾም

Cognate with Hebrew צוֹם,
Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).


ግብር

ግብር • (gəbr) m or f (plural ግበር (gəbär) or ግብራት (gəbrat))

gəbr (romanization)
ግበር (plural)
ግብራት (plural)

Exodus 1:11
ወሤመ ፡ ዲቤሆሙ ፡ ሊቃነ ፡ ገባር ፡ ከመ ፡ ይሣቅይዎሙ ፡ በግብር ፤ ወነደቁ ፡ አህጉረ ፡ ጽኑዓተ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ ፈቶ[ም ፡] ወራምሴ ፡ ወኦን ፡ እንተ ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ሀገረ ፡ ፀሐይ ።
wäśemä dibehomu liḳanä gäbar kämä yəśaḳyəwomu bägbər ; wänädäḳu ʾähgurä ṣənuʿatä läfärʿon fäto[mə ] wäramse wäʾon ʾəntä yəʾti hägärä ṣ́äḥäy .
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 5:13
ወዝኩሰ ፡ ነዳእቶሙ ፡ ያጔጕእዎሙ ፡ ወይብልዎሙ ፡ ፈጽሙ ፡ ግብረክሙ ፡ ዘለለ ፡ ዕለትክሙ ፡ በከመ ፡ አመ ፡ ንሁበክሙ ፡ ኀሠረ ።
wäzkusä nädaʾtomu yagʷegʷʾəwomu wäybəlwomu fäṣmu gəbräkmu zälälä ʿəlätkəmu bäkämä ʾämä nəhubäkmu ḫäśärä .
And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”

Exodus 39:1
ወኵሉ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ዘተገብረ ፡ ለግብረ ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ዐሥራተ ፡ ዘያበውኡ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ፳ወ፱መካልይ ፡ ወ፯፻ወ፴ሰቅል ፡ በሰቅለ ፡ ቅዱሳን ።
wäkʷlu wärḳ zätägäbrä lägbərä ḳədusan wärḳ ʿäśratä zäyabäwʾu wäkonä 20wä9mäkaly wä700wä30säḳl bäsäḳlä ḳədusan .
Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.


ወሰን

ወሰን • (wäsän) m

Related to Arabic وَسَمَ (wasama), Aramaic סמן.

Numbers 34:6
ደወልክሙኒ ፡ ዘመንገለ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ትኩንክሙ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ዐባይ ፡ ወሰነክሙ ፡ ወዝንቱ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ወሰንክሙ ፡ ዘመንገለ ፡ ባሕር ።
däwälkəmuni zämängälä baḥr təkunkəmu baḥr ʿäbay wäsänäkmu wäznətu wəʾtu wäsänkəmu zämängälä baḥr .
‘Your boundary on the west will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.


ልደት

lədät (romanization)
ልደታት (plural)
ልደተ (absolute singular)
ልደተከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልደተኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልደቶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልደተነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ልደተክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልደተክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ልደታተ (absolute plural)


ግዝረት

Related to Classical Syriac ܓܙܰܪ, Hebrew גָּזַר, Arabic جَزْر (jazr).

cog

Hebrew גָּזַר


ኖላዊ

nolawi (romanization)
ኖሎት (plural)
ኖላውያን (plural)
ኖላዌ (absolute singular)
ኖላዌከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኖላዌኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኖላዌክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኖላዌክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኖሎተ (absolute plural)
ኖላውያነ (absolute plural)


ነውር

Probably related to Arabic ن و ر (n w r), which contains meanings like "mark by branding" and "revile".

Leviticus 22:20
ኵሉ ፡ ዘቦቱ ፡ ነውረ ፡ ላዕሌሁ ፡ ኢያምጽእዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢይሰጠወክሙ ።
kʷəlu zäbotu näwrä laʿlehu ʾiyamṣəʾwo läʾgəziʾäbḥer ʾəsmä ʾiysäṭäwäkmu .
Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf.

Eerdmans Publishing
G. Johannes Botterweck


ሢመት

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ሢመት • (śimät) m or f (plural ሢመታት (śimätat))

Genesis 40:13
ወእስከ ፡ ሠላስ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ይዜከረከ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ሢመተከ ፡ ወያገብአከ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ ቀዳሕያን ፡ ወትሜጥዎ ፡ ጽዋዐ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ በእዴከ ፡ ከመ ፡ ቀዲሙ ፡ ሢመትከ ፡ አመ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቀዳሕያን ፡ አንተ ።
wäʾsəkä śälas mäwaʿl yəzekäräkä färʿon śimätäkä wäyagäbʾäkä wəstä liḳä ḳädaḥyan wätmeṭwo ṣəwaʿä läfärʿon bäʾdekä kämä ḳädimu śimätkä ʾämä wəstä ḳädaḥyan ʾäntä .
Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.

location, position, (place where something is put)

office, function, position (as a clerical, ecclesiastical or civil office)


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”).


ጸባሕት

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ጸባሕት • (ṣäbaḥt) m or f (plural ጸበሓት or ጸብሓት)

ṣäbaḥt (romanization)
ጸበሓት (plural)
ጸብሓት (plural)

Deuteronomy 2:10
ወለእመ ፡ አውሥኡክሙ ፡ በሰላም ፡ ወአርኀውከ ፡ ይኩኑከ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ እለ ፡ ተረክቡ ፡ ውስቴታ ፡ እለ ፡ ያገብኡ ፡ ለከ ፡ ጸባሕተ ፡ ወምኵናኒከኒ ፡ ይኩኑከ ።
wäläʾmä ʾäwśəʾukmu bäsälam wäʾärḫäwkä yəkunukä kʷəlu ḥəzb ʾəlä täräkbu wəsteta ʾəlä yagäbʾu läkä ṣäbaḥtä wämkʷənanikäni yəkunukä .
And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you.


ሕፄ

ሕፄ • (ḥəṣ́e) m or f

Genesis 34:12
ረስዩ ፡ ሊተ ፡ ዛተ ፡ ፍትሐ ፡ በቅድሜክሙ ፡ ወዘትቤሉ ፡ ወመጠነ ፡ አብዛኅክሙ ፡ ጥቀ ፡ ሕጼሃ ፡ እሁበክሙ ፡ ወሀቡኒያ ፡ ለዛቲ ፡ ወለት ፡ ትኩነኒ ፡ ብእሲተ ።
räsyu litä zatä fətḥä bäḳdəmekmu wäzätbelu wämäṭänä ʾäbzaḫkəmu ṭəḳä ḥəṣeha ʾəhubäkmu wähäbuniya läzati wälät təkunäni bəʾsitä .
Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”

Exodus 22:16
ወለእመ ፡ ካልእ ፡ ምታ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢየሀብዎ ፡ የሐፂ ፡ ሕፄሃ ፡ ይሁብ ፡ ለአቡሃ ፡ ሕፄ ፡ የሐፅይዎ ፡ ለድንግል ።
wäläʾmä kalʾ məta kämä ʾiyähäbwo yäḥäṣ́i ḥəṣ́eha yəhub läʾäbuha ḥəṣ́e yäḥäṣ́yəwo lädnəgl .
If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife.


ሕፍን

ሕፍን • (ḥəfn)

Leviticus 5:12
ወያመጽእ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ካህን ፡ ወይዘግን ፡ እምኔሁ ፡ ካህን ፡ ምልአ ፡ ሕፍኑ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ተዝካሩ ፡ ወይወድዮ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምሥዋዕ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ቍርባኑ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ እስመ ፡ ዘኀጢአት ፡ ውእቱ ።
wäyamäṣʾ ḫäbä kahn wäyzägn ʾəmnehu kahn məlʾä ḥəfnu bäʾnətä täzkaru wäywädyo wəstä məśwaʿ laʿlä ḳʷərbanu läʾgəziʾäbḥer ʾəsmä zäḫäṭiʾät wəʾtu .
Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin offering.


ቍርባን

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

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

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Hebrew קָרְבָּן

Numbers 7:10
ወአምጽኡ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ለመድቅሐ ፡ ምሥዋዕ ፡ በዕለት ፡ እንተ ፡ ባቲ ፡ ቀብአ ፡ አምጽኡ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ቍርባኖሙ ፡ ቅድመ ፡ ምሥዋዕ ።
wäʾämṣəʾu mälaʾkət lämädḳəḥä məśwaʿ bäʿlät ʾəntä bati ḳäbʾä ʾämṣəʾu mälaʾkət ḳʷərbanomu ḳədmä məśwaʿ .
Now the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed; so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

Genesis 8:20
ወነደቀ ፡ ኖኅ ፡ ምሥዋዐ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ወነሥአ ፡ እምነ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ዘንጹሕ ፡ ወአዕረገ ፡ ቍርባነ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምሥዋዑ ።
wänädäḳä noḫ məśwaʿä läʾgəziʾäbḥer wänäśʾä ʾəmnä ʾənsəsa wäkʷlo zänṣuḥ wäʾäʿrägä ḳʷərbanä dibä məśwaʿu .
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

sacrifice, offering, burnt-offering, oblation

(Christianity) the eucharist, the eucharistic bread


ምሥዋዕ

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ምሥዋዕ • (məśwaʿ) m or f (plural ምሥዋዓት (məśwaʿat) or ምሥዋዓታት (məśwaʿatat))

məśwaʿ (romanization)
ምሥዋዓት (plural)
ምሥዋዓታት (plural)

From the same root as Arabic شَوَى (šawā), Classical Syriac ܣܘܳܬܳܐ. Less likely related to Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ.

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Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ

Genesis 13:4
ውስተ ፡ መካን ፡ ኀበ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ምሥዋዐ ፡ ህየ ፡ ቀዲሙ ፡ ወጸውዐ ፡ አብራም ፡ ስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ በህየ ።
wəstä mäkan ḫäbä gäbrä məśwaʿä həyä ḳädimu wäṣäwʿä ʾäbram səmä ʾəgziʾäbḥer bähyä .
to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.


ለብሰ

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ለብሰ • (läbsä)

Cognate with Hebrew לָבַשׁ, Arabic لَبِسَ (labisa), Classical Syriac ܠܒܶܫ, Amharic ለበሰ (läbäsä).

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Hebrew לָבַשׁ

Genesis 37:23
ወእምዝ ፡ ሶበ ፡ በጽሐ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ኀቤሆሙ ፡ ሰለብዎ ፡ ክዳኖ ፡ ዘዐሥቅ ፡ ዘይለብስ ።
wäʾməz sobä bäṣḥä yosef ḫäbehomu säläbwo kədano zäʿäśḳ zäyläbs .
So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.

Genesis 38:14
ወኀደገት ፡ አልባሲሃ ፡ ዘመበለታ ፡ ወለብሰት ፡ ሞጣሕታ ፡ ወተንሥአት ፡ ወነበረት ፡ ውስተ ፡ አንቀጽ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ፍኖት ፡ ዘቴ[ምና] ፡ እስመ ፡ ርእየት ፡ ከመ ፡ ልህቀ ፡ ሴሎም ፡ ወውእቱሰ ፡ ኢፈቀደ ፡ የሀባ ፡ ኪያሃ ፡ ትኩኖ ፡ ብእሲተ ።
wäḫädägät ʾälbasiha zämäbäläta wäläbsät moṭaḥta wätänśəʾät wänäbärät wəstä ʾänḳäṣ wəstä fənot zäte[məna] ʾəsmä rəʾyät kämä ləhḳä selom wäwʾətusä ʾifäḳädä yähäba kiyaha təkuno bəʾsitä .
So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.


ማእነም

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ማእነም • (maʾnäm)

Exodus 28:6
ወይገብሩ ፡ ትብሌሁ ፡ እምብሶስ ፡ ክዑብ ፡ ግብሩ ፡ ግብረ ፡ ማእነም ፡ ብዑድ ።
wäygäbru təblehu ʾəmbəsos kəʿub gəbru gəbrä maʾnäm bəʿud .
and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.


ዘመረግድ

ዘመረግድ • (zämärägd)

From Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos).


ሐመር

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.


ሐመር

ሐመር • (ḥämär)

ሖመር ሖመር#Ge'ez

Alternative form of ሖመር (ḥomär, “tamarind”)


ፀምር

Inherited from Proto-West Semitic *ṣ́amr-.

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ናሁ ፡ አነ ፡ እሰፍሕ ፡ ፀምረ ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ዐውድ ፡ ወእመከመ ፡ ወረደ ፡ ጠል ፡ ውስተ ፡ ፀምር ፡ ባሕቲቱ ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ምድር ፡ ይቡስ ፡ ኣአምር ፡ እንከ ፡ ከመ ፡ ታድኅኖሙ ፡ ለእስራኤል ፡ በእዴየ ፡ በከመ ፡ ትቤ ።

look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

nahu ʾänä ʾəsäfḥ ṣ́ämrä bəzuḫä wəstä ʿäwd wäʾmäkämä wärädä ṭäl wəstä ṣ́ämr baḥtitu wäkʷlu mədr yəbus ʾaʾämr ʾənkä kämä tadḫənomu läʾsəraʾel bäʾdeyä bäkämä təbe .


ተድባብ

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ተድባብ • (tädbab) (plural ተድባባት (tädbabat))


ሐቅል

ሐቅል • (ḥäḳl) (plural አሕቁል (ʾäḥḳul) or አሕቃል (ʾäḥḳal) or አሕቅልት (ʾäḥḳəlt) or አሕቃላት (ʾäḥḳalat))

ḥäḳl (romanization)
አሕቁል (plural)
አሕቃል (plural)
አሕቅልት (plural)
አሕቃላት (plural)

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaḳl-. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܚܰܩܠܳܐ, Arabic حَقْلٌ (ḥaqlun), Aramaic חַקְלָא, Hebrew הֵלֶק.

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Aramaic חַקְלָא

Joshua 21:12
ወአሕቅልተ ፡ ሀገር ፡ ወአዕጻዳቲሃ ፡ ወሀቦሙ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ለደቂቀ ፡ ካሌብ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ዬፎኔ ፡ ደወሎሙ ።
wäʾäḥḳəltä hägär wäʾäʿṣadatiha wähäbomu ʾiyäsus lädäḳiḳä kaleb wäldä yefone däwälomu .
But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.


ጸወን

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ጸወን • (ṣäwän) m (plural አጽዋን (ʾäṣwan) or ጸወናት (ṣäwänat) or አጽዋናት (ʾäṣwanat))

ṣäwän (romanization)
አጽዋን (plural)
ጸወናት (plural)
አጽዋናት (plural)

Judges 9:46
ወሰምዑ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ሰብአ ፡ ማኅፈደ ፡ ሲቂሞን ፡ ወቦኡ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጸወነ ፡ ቤተ ፡ በዓል ።
wäsämʿu kʷəlomu säbʾä maḫfädä siḳimon wäboʾu wəstä ṣäwänä betä bäʿal .
On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.


ማኅፈድ

ማኅፈድ • (maḫfäd) m or f (plural መኃፍድ (mäḫafd) or ማኅፈዳት (maḫfädat))

maḫfäd (romanization)
መኃፍድ (plural)
ማኅፈዳት (plural)

From Classical Syriac ܐܦܕܢܐ.
Cognate with Hebrew אַפֶּדֶן, Arabic فَدَنٌ (fadanun).

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Hebrew אַפֶּדֶן


ሞዐልት

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ሞዐልት • (moʿält) m or f (plural መዋዕል (mäwaʿl) or መዋዕላት (mäwaʿlat))

moʿält (romanization)
መዋዕል (plural)
መዋዕላት (plural)

Exodus 13:21
ወእግዚአብሔር ፡ ይመርሖሙ ፡ መዓልተ ፡ በዐምደ ፡ ደመና ፡ ወሌሊተ ፡ በዐምደ ፡ እሳት ።
wäʾgəziʾäbḥer yəmärḥomu mäʿaltä bäʿämdä dämäna wälelitä bäʿämdä ʾəsat .
By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.

Genesis 38-1
ወእምዝ ፡ ወረደ ፡ ይሁዳ ፡ በእማንቱ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ እምኀበ ፡ አኀዊሁ ፡ ወኀደረ ፡ ኀበ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ አዶላማዊ ፡ ዘስሙ ፡ ኤ[ራ]ስ ።
wäʾməz wärädä yəhuda bäʾmantu mäwaʿl ʾəmḫäbä ʾäḫäwihu wäḫädärä ḫäbä ʾäḥädu ʾädolamawi zäsmu ʾe[ra]sə .
At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.


ሰቆቃው

ሰቆቃው • (säḳoḳaw)

Wisdom of Solomon 18:10
ወዕሪተ ፡ ኲነኔ ፡ ገብር ፡ ምስለ ፡ እግዚኡ ፡ ተቀሢፎ ፡ ወዘጽጒሂ ፡ ይትዔረይ ፡ ምስለ ፡ መንግሥት ፡ የሐምም ።
wäʿritä kʷinäne gäbr məslä ʾəgziʾu täḳäśifo wäzäṣgʷihi yətʿeräy məslä mängəśt yäḥämm .
But the discordant cry of the enemies echoed back, and a pitiful voice of lamentation for children was spread abroad.


ምሕረት

Probably from Proto-Semitic *r-ḥ-m, via metathesis. Compare Arabic رَحِمَ (raḥima), Hebrew רָחַם (rakhám).
Alternatively, linked to Hebrew מָחַל (makhál, “forgive”), but this is semantically further and still requires a phonological shift; or to Egyptian mrj (“to love”), but this is likewise dubious.

Exodus 20:6
ወእገብር ፡ ምሕረተ ፡ ለለ፲፻ለእለ ፡ ያፈቅሩኒ ፡ ወትእዛዝየ ፡ እለ ፡ የዐቅቡ ፡ ወለእለ ፡ የዐቅቡ ፡ ሕግየ ።
wäʾgäbr məḥrätä lälä1000läʾlä yafäḳruni wätʾəzazyä ʾəlä yäʿäḳbu wäläʾlä yäʿäḳbu ḥəgyä .
but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.


ምረር

Compare Hebrew מַר (mar), Hebrew מָרַר, Arabic مُرّ (murr), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ, etc.


ጽላተ

ጽላተ • (ṣəlatä) m or f (plural ጽላት (ṣəlat))

Cognate with Arabic صلع, Hebrew צְלָעוֹת.

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Hebrew צְלָעוֹת

Exodus 32:16
ወጽላቶን ፡ ግብረተ ፡ እግዚእ ፡ እማንቱ ፡ ወጽሕፈቶንሂ ፡ ጽሕፈተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ግሉፍ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጽሌሁ ።
wäṣlaton gəbrätä ʾəgziʾ ʾəmantu wäṣḥəfätonhi ṣəḥfätä ʾəgziʾäbḥer wəʾtu gəluf wəstä ṣəlehu .
The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

that on which something is written, tablet, stele, slab


ምርዓይ

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ምርዓይ • (mərʿay)

Exodus 31:4
ወጸውዖን ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ለልያ ፡ ወለራሔል ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሐቅል ፡ ኀበ ፡ ምርዓይ ።
wäṣäwʿon yaʿḳob lälya wäläraḥel wəstä ḥäḳl ḫäbä mərʿay .
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,


ቀትል

ቀትል • (ḳätl) m


ዐርብ

ዐርብ • (ʿärb)

Cognate with Aramaic עֲרוּבְתָּא, Classical Syriac ܥܪܘܽܒܬܳܐ.

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Aramaic עֲרוּבְתָּא


ምስትግባር

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ምስትግባር • (məstəgbar)


ኦሪት

ʾorit (romanization)
ኦሪተ (absolute singular)
ኦሪተከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኦሪተኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኦሪቶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኦሪተነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ኦሪተክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ኦሪተክን (accusative possessed-form singular)


ሊሎ

Uncertain. Only attested in Ethiopic Semitic (e.g. Amharic ሊሎ (lilo), Tigrinya [script needed] (lila), and Tigre [script needed] (līlo)), and some Cushitic languages. Perhaps derived from the same root as ሌሊት (lelit, “night”).


ድልጕማ

ድልጕማ • (dəlgʷəmma)

dəlgʷəmma (romanization)
ድጕልማ (alternative)

Uncertain. See Arabic دُمْلُوج (dumlūj).


ሕፅን

ሕፅን • (ḥəṣ́n) ? (plural ሕፀን (ḥəṣ́än))


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)
ሐሞር (alternative)
ሐመር (alternative)
ኆመር (alternative)

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


አድባራት

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አድባራት • (ʾädbarat)

ደብር ደብር#Ge'ez


አድባር

አድባር • (ʾädbar)

ደብር ደብር#Ge'ez


ዳብር

From the Proto-Semitic root d-b-r which has the general meanings 'to follow, to come or be behind, to lead.' Possibly a variant of ደብር (däbr); see the etymology under this lemma.


ዳብራት

ዳብር ዳብር#Ge'ez


ደብራት

ዳብር ዳብር#Ge'ez


ደብር ቅዱስ

ደብር ቅዱስ • (däbr ḳəddus) m

däbr ḳəddus (romanization)
ʾädbarat ḳəddusan (romanization)
ʾädbar ḳəddusan (romanization)

From ደብር (däbr, “mountain”) and ቅዱስ (ḳəddus, “holy, sacred”)

according to tradition, a holy mountain on which the angles lived before the Deluge


ደብረ ሀገር

ደብረ ሀገር • (däbrä hägär)

däbrä hägär (romanization)
ʾädbaratä hägär (romanization)
ʾädbarä hägär (romanization)
ʾädbaratä ʾähgur (romanization)
ʾädbarä ʾähgur (romanization)

From ደብር (däbr, “mountain”) and ሀገር (hägär, “city”)


ዘደብረ ታቦር

ዘደብረ ታቦር • (zädäbrä tabor)

From ደብር (däbr, “mountain”) + ታቦር (tabor, “Tabor”)

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ነሐሴ ነሐሴ#Ge'ez

Feast of the Transfiguration, celebrated in the Ethiopic calendar on the 13th of ነሐሴ (näḥäse, “August 7th - September 6th”), i.e., August 19th.


ደብረ ዘይት

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ደብረ ዘይት • (däbrä zäyt)

From ደብር (däbr, “mountain”) and ዘይት (zäyt, “olive tree”)


ዘደብረ ዘይት

ዘደብረ ዘይት • (zädäbrä zäyt)

name of the fourth Sunday of the fast before Easter.


ዳቤር

From Ancient Greek δαβίρ (dabír), a transliteration of Biblical Hebrew דבִיר (dəβīr) or Biblical Hebrew דבִר (dəβir, “utility room in a temple”)

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3 Reigns 6:16-18, Ethiopic text from Ran HaCohen, 'Biblia Veteris Testamenti Aethiopica'
ወሐነጸ ፡ ፳በእመት ፡ እምነ ፡ ጽንፈ ፡ አረፍት ፡ ዘገቦሁ ፡ ዘ፩እምነ ፡ ምድሩ ፡ እስከ ፡ ሠራዊቱ ፡ ወገብረ ፡ እምነ ፡ ዳቤር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቅድስተ ፡ ቅዱሳን ። 17 ወ፵በእመት ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ጽርሑ 18 እምቅድመ ፡ ዳቢር ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ እንተ ፡ ውስጥ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይንበር ፡ ህየ ፡ ታቦተ ፡ ሕጉ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ።
wäḥänäṣä 20bäʾmät ʾəmnä ṣənfä ʾäräft zägäbohu zä1ʾmənä mədru ʾəskä śärawitu wägäbrä ʾəmnä daber wəstä ḳədsətä ḳədusan . 17 wä40bäʾmät wəʾtu ṣərḥu 18 ʾəmḳədmä dabir maʾkälä betu ʾəntä wəsṭ kämä yənbär həyä tabotä ḥəgu läʾgəziʾäbḥer .
(v.16) Then he constructed twenty cubits out from the edge of its lateral wall which is one from its base to its rafters, and he made out of the inner room the Holy of Holies, (v.17) and forty cubits was its room (v.18) from in front of the inner room in the middle of its inner house, in order to place there the ark of the Lord's covenant.
3 Reigns 7:33, Ethiopic text corrected from Ran HaCohen, https://www.tau.ac.il/~hacohen/Regum/RegIII%207.html
ወአብአ ፡ ሰሎሞን ፡ ንዋየ ፡ ዘአግበረ ፡ ለቤተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ምሥዋዐ ፡ ዘወርቅ ፡ ወማእደ ፡ እንተ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ እንተ ፡ ዲቤሃ ፡ ይሠርዑ ፡ ኅብስተ ፡ ቍርባን ፤ ወመናራታተ ፡ ፭እምየማኑ ፡ ወ፭እምፀጋሙ ፡ [ቅድመ ፡] ዳቤር ፡ እለ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ እኁዛተ ፡ ወርኩባተ ፡ ተቅዋማቲሆን ፡ ወመኃትዊሆን ፡ ወበዘያሤንይዎን ፡ ዘወርቅ ።
wäʾäbʾä sälomon nəwayä zäʾägbärä läbetä ʾəgziʾäbḥer məśwaʿä zäwärḳ wämaʾdä ʾəntä wärḳ ʾəntä dibeha yəśärʿu ḫəbsətä ḳʷərban ; wämänaratatä 5ʾməyämanu wä5ʾməṣ́ägamu [ḳədmä ] daber ʾəlä wärḳ ʾəḫuzatä wärkubatä täḳwamatihon wämäḫatwihon wäbäzäyaśenyəwon zäwärḳ .
Then Solomon brought in the implements which he had had made for the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, the golden table, upon which was arranged the bread of the offering, and the candlesticks, five on the right and five on the left in front of the inner room, joined and fastened of gold, their bases and their stems and whatever adorns them of gold.


ዳቢር

ዳቤር ዳቤር#Ge'ez

Alternative form of ዳቤር (daber, “shrine”)

Judges 1:11, Ethiopic text from Ran HaCohen, 'Biblia Veteris Testamenti Aethiopica'
ወሖሩ ፡ እምህየ ፡ ኀበ ፡ እለ ፡ ይነብሩ ፡ ዳቢር ፡ ወስማ ፡ ለዳቢር ፡ ትካት ፡ ሀገረ ፡ መጽሐፍ ።
wäḥoru ʾəmhəyä ḫäbä ʾəlä yənäbru dabir wäsma lädabir təkat hägärä mäṣḥäf .
Then they went out from there to those who inhabit Dabir and the former name of Dabir is "The City of the Book."

Debir, name of a Canaanite people in the Hebrew Bible, Judges 1:11.


ዴቤቅ

The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon. Perhaps derived from Ge'ez ደበቀ (däbäḳä, “ambush, conceal, hide”).

unk

not given


ዘርቤን

The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon.

unk

not given


ዘርቤዶ

not given


የካ፟ቲት

የካቲት የካቲት#Ge'ez

Alternative spelling with gemination points of የካቲት (yäkkatit)


ሎሎ

Alternative form of ሊሎ (lilo, “vulture”)


አጽባዕት

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አጽባዕት • (ʾäṣbaʿt) (plural አጻብዕ (ʔäṣabəʕ))


ዐፅም

ዐፅም • (ʕäṣ́m) ? (plural አዕፅምት (ʔäʕəṣ́əmt))

ʕäṣ́m (romanization)
አዕፅምት (plural)
ዐጽም (alternative)
አጽም (alternative)

>? Amharic: አጽም (ʾäṣm, “skeleton”)


ጋንን

ጋንን • (ganən) ? (plural አጋንንት (’äganənt))

From Proto-Semitic; compare Amharic and Tigrinya ጋኔን (ganen), Arabic جِنّ (jinn).


ጽምእ

ጽምእ • (ṣəmʾ) ?

From ጸምአ (ṣämʾä, “to thirst”), from Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣amiʔ- (“to thirst”).


አርስጣጣሉ

አርስጣጣሉ • (ʾärəsṭaṭalu) ?

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs, “Aristotle”), considered a wizard.