እኅት

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

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


ሰይፍ

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)


ሐም

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


አመት

→ Amharic: አመት (ʾamät)


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)


ዘይት

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


ኀጺን

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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”).

bor

Aramaic חֲצִינָא


ዐሞን

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ዐሞን • (ʿämon)


አራራት

አራራት • (ʾärarat)


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


ቀንአት

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”).


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).

cog

sackcloth
a coarse fabric such as to make sacks


አክሊል

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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


ዘበጠ

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)


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))


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)


ሰበን

ሰበን • (säbän) m


ከላዴዎን

From Ancient Greek Χᾰλδαῖον (Khăldaîon).


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)


እብን

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


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)


ወቅፍ

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

→ Arabic: وَقْف (waqf)

unk

obscure


ኵናት

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

lance, javelin, shorter or generic spear


ድልጕማ

ድልጕማ • (dəlgʷəmma)

Uncertain. See Arabic دُمْلُوج (dumlūj).


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”).