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This app is built with exist-db, and uses Lucene as the standard search engine. This comes with several options available. A full list is here

Below very few examples.

sample result
* *custodir* add wildcards to unlimit your string search
? custodir? Will find any match for the position with the question mark.
~ ምሕረትከ~ Will make a fuzzy search. you can decide also how much fuzzy, by saying for example ምሕረትከ~0.9 which will match only 90% similar terms.
"" "ምሕረትከ፡ ይትኖለወኒ፡" Will find the exact string contained between quotes.
() (verbo OR notionem) AND ይትኖለወኒ Will find one of the two between brackets and the other string.

Input

If you want to transcribe some fidal into latin or update your transcription, you can have a go with our transcription tools.

If you are using the keyboard provided, please note that there are four layers, the normal one and those activated by Shift, Alt, Alt+Shift.

Normal and Shift contain mainly Fidal. Alt and Alt-Shift diacritics.

To enter letters in Fidal and the diacritics with this keyboard, which is independent of your local input selection, you can use two methods.

Orthographic variants of the Ethiopic language are searched as a standard if not otherwise specified. The following are the options considered by the search engine.

  • 's','s', 'ḍ'
  • 'e','ǝ','ə','ē'
  • 'w','ʷ'
  • 'ʾ', 'ʿ'
  • '`', 'ʾ', 'ʿ' (note that you can use the tick if you are not sure about the two, but none will be inferred for you)
  • 'ሀ', 'ሐ', 'ኀ', 'ሃ', 'ሓ', 'ኃ'
  • 'ሀ', 'ሐ', 'ኀ'
  • 'ሁ', 'ሑ', 'ኁ'
  • 'ሂ', 'ሒ', 'ኂ'
  • 'ሄ', 'ሔ', 'ኄ'
  • 'ህ', 'ሕ', 'ኅ'
  • 'ሆ', 'ሖ', 'ኆ'
  • 'ሠ','ሰ'
  • 'ሡ','ሱ'
  • 'ሢ','ሲ'
  • 'ሣ','ሳ'
  • 'ሥ','ስ'
  • 'ሦ','ሶ'
  • 'ሤ','ሴ'
  • 'ጸ', 'ፀ'
  • 'ጹ', 'ፁ'
  • 'ጺ', 'ፂ'
  • 'ጻ', 'ፃ'
  • 'ጼ', 'ፄ'
  • 'ጽ', 'ፅ'
  • 'ጾ', 'ፆ'
  • 'አ', 'ዐ', 'ኣ', 'ዓ'
  • 'ኡ', 'ዑ'
  • 'ኢ', 'ዒ'
  • 'ኤ', 'ዔ'
  • 'እ', 'ዕ'
  • 'ኦ', 'ዖ'

Some examples

  • If you search Taammera, you will not find Taʾammǝra or Taʿammera but only Taammera. Try Ta`ammera instead or use the keyboard provided to enter aleph and ayn.
  • If you are searching for Yāʿǝqob, you will not have a lot of luck searching Yaqob, unless some kind cataloguer has actually added it into the data as simplified spelling form. Try instead entering Yaqob~0.5 which is a fuzzy search, this will return also Yāʿǝqob. Also Ya`eqob is fine for example.

Keys Combinations

With this method you use keys combinations to trigger specific characters. Click here for a list of the available combos. This can be expanded, do not hesitate to ask (click here to post a new issue).

Hold and choose

If you hold a key optional values will appear in a list. You can click on the desiderd value or use arrows and enter to select it. The options are the same as those activated by combinations.

With this method you do not have to remember or lookup combos, but it does take many more clicks...

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Dillmann*Dillmann, Christian Friedrich August. Lexicon linguae aethiopicae, cum indice latino. Adiectum est vocabularium tigre dialecti septentrionalis compilatum a W. Munziger. Lipsiae: Th.O. Weigel, 1865. and follow-up projects, Latin

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not foundsubst,m. et fem. , pluralisPl. መኃፍድ፡ et ማኅፈዳት፡ (Lud. e Mss. Colb.) [ אַפֶּדֶן de quo videasvid.Ges. thes. p. 1092; فَدَنٌ pl. أَفْدَانٌ palatinum in altum exstructumla] turrisla
a)de palatio alto; በማኅፈደ፡ ሀገር፡ (var. pro ሱስናብራ፡ ) Ezrae et Nehemiae libri canonici.2 Esr. 11, l; ወገብረ፡ ሎቱ፡ ዳዊት፡ ማኅፈደ፡ οἰκίας Paralipomenon liber I.1 Par. 15,1 ; { ወበርበረ፡ ማኅፈደ፡ liber Jobi.Job 20,19 ;} Lud. e Vit. Barb.
e)de columnala(fumi): ማኅፈደ፡ ጢስ፡ Judicum liber.Jud. 20,40 ; Judicum liber.Jud. 20,38 .

TraCES*ERC Advanced Grant TraCES (Grant Agreement 338756) and follow-up projects, English

Table/Text
māḫfad , māḫǝfad in 338b, māḫ(ǝ)fad in 259b, pluralisPl. maḫāfǝd , māḫfadāt
1) castleen, palaceen, fortressen ወበጺሖ፡ ጉባኤ፡ አተወ፡ ውስተ፡ ማኅፈዱ፡ ዘአዳም፡ ስነ፡ ኅንፄሃ፡ ወንኩር፡ አርአያሃ፡ ‘Arrivé à Gubāʾē, il entra dans son château, de belle construction et d’un extérieur admirablefr’ 117 l. 20–22 (ed.), 133 l. 27–29 (tr.), ካዕበ፡ ኃረይዋ፡ ለይእቲ፡ ምድር፡ ከመ፡ ይኩን፡ ህየ፡ ከተማ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወይትሐነጽ፡ ባቲ፡ ማኅፈደ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ‘On choisit aussi ce pays, pour y établir la résidence du roi, et y bâtir un château pour le roifr’ 137 l. 29–31 (ed.), 156 l. 29–31 (tr.), ወወረደ፡ ምድረ፡ አደል፡ ወአውዓየ፡ አህጉሪሆሙ፡ በእሳት፡ ወአንሀለ፡ ማኅፈዳቲሆሙ። ‘scese nella terra di Adal, e incendiò col fuoco le loro città, e distrusse le loro fortezzeit’ 7 l. 17–19 (ed); 18 l. 5–6 (tr.)
2) a sign of the zodiacen እንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ ፀሐይ፡ በማኅፈደ፡ አቅራብ፡ ወወርኀኒ፡ በማኅፈደ፡ ደሉ፤ 222 l. 9–10 (ed.) when the sun was in the sign of Scorpion, and the moon in the sign of Aquariusen 202 ch. 123.6 (tr.); በሳድስ፡ ሱባዔ፡ እምሱባዔያተ፡ ጾም፡ ቅድስት፡ እንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ ፀሐይ፡ በማኅፈደ፡ ተውር፡ በመክብብ፡ ፲መዓርግ፡ እመዓርግ፡ ዐቢያን፡ during the sixth week of the weeks of Holy Lent, when the sun is in the sign of the Zodiac of Taurus in the circle of ten degrees among the great degreesen 57 § 107 (ed.), 33 § 107 (tr.)
Grébaut

ማኅፈድ maḫfad , pluralisPl. ማኅፈዳት፡ māḫfadāt «palaisfr, tourfr, forteressefr» ― ግምብ፡ Ms. BNFabb217, fol. 40v.
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ማኅፈድ māḫǝfad I toweren, forten, fortressen, citadelen, templeen; sign of Scorpion (zodiac)en 338b
Comparative and etymological data
 The semantic extension from ‘tower’ to ‘sign of the zodiac’ comes from Arabic برج burǧ ‘tower, sign of the zodiac’ 152 n. 5; see also 232, 209 n. 405
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transcription māḫfad māḫǝfad māḫ(ǝ)fad maḫāfǝd māḫfadāt maḫfad māḫfadāt māḫǝfad burǧ
translations castle en palace en fortress en Arrivé à Gubāʾē, il entra dans son château, de belle construction et d’un extérieur admirable fr On choisit aussi ce pays, pour y établir la résidence du roi, et y bâtir un château pour le roi fr scese nella terra di Adal, e incendiò col fuoco le loro città, e distrusse le loro fortezze it a sign of the zodiac en when the sun was in the sign of Scorpion, and the moon in the sign of Aquariusen during the sixth week of the weeks of Holy Lent, when the sun is in the sign of the Zodiac of Taurus in the circle of ten degrees among the great degrees en palaisfr tourfr forteressefr toweren forten fortressen citadelen templeen sign of Scorpion (zodiac) en
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bibliography 338b 259b 117 l. 20–22 (ed.) 133 l. 27–29 (tr.) 137 l. 29–31 (ed.) 156 l. 29–31 (tr.) 7 l. 17–19 (ed); 18 l. 5–6 (tr.) 222 l. 9–10 (ed.) 202 ch. 123.6 (tr.) 57 § 107 (ed.) 33 § 107 (tr.) 96 338b 152 n. 5 232 209 n. 405
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