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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

Table/Text
vel ኵስኵስት፡ (Lud.) Substantivumsubst., (nonnisi in pluralisPl.repertum) pluralisPl.pluralisPl. ኰሳኵሳት፡ , urceusla, guttus aquariusla, (sec. Ludolfi Gregorium: vasis genus, quo aqua manibus superfunditur), ξέσται Marci Evangelium.Marc. 7,4 ; Marci Evangelium.Marc. 7,8 ; n. 844Judaei እለ፡ ኢይጥዕሙ፡ እክለ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ያጥምቁ፡ ኵሎ፡ አሚረ፡ ዓረታተ፡ ወኰሳኵሳተ፡ ወአጽሕልተ፡ ወጽዋዓተ፡ ወመንበራተ፡ የኀፅቡ፡ ወያነጽሑ፡ በማይ፡ Didascalia Apostolorum; numerus significat capita.Did. 31. [Etymo cognatum videtur cum ቀሡት፡ et vocibus sub ቀሡት፡ allatis; adde قَازُوزَةٌ ; Lud. comparavit כּוֹס ].
information type values
PoS subst.
transcription
translations urceus la guttus aquarius la
morphology subst.
references Marc. 7,4 Marc. 7,8 Did. 31.
labels Pl.Pl.Pl.
gender
case
bibliography
column n. 844

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

Table/Text
kʷǝskʷǝs , kʷǝskʷǝst pluralisPl. ኵሳኵሳት፡ kʷǝsākʷǝsāt , pluralisPl. pluralisPl. ኰሳኵሳታት፡ kʷasākʷǝsātāt , ኵሳኵሳታት፡ kʷǝsākʷǝsātāt Krügede xxixb; 10 n.8 (ed.); ፯ ዶል፡ ፩ ቃጽል፡ ፭ ኵስኵስት፡ ፪ ገይብ፡ ዘብሩር፡1 campana, 5 campanelli da chiesa, 2 recipienti kʷeskʷest, 2 recipienti gayb di argento,it 43 VI l. 28 (ed.), 36 l. 27 (tr.); ፩ኵስኵስት፡ ዘማህው።1 recipiente kʷeskʷest di vetro,it 44 IX l. 6 (ed.), 39 IX l. 8 (tr.); ወኵስኵስት፡ ዘብርት፡ ፪[፡]2 recipienti kʷeskʷest di metallo,it 64 l. 13 (ed.), 53 l. 20 (tr.); ወ፩፡ ኵስኵስት፡ ዘአቤቶ፡ ዮሐንስ።Une cruche provenant de l’abēto Yoḥannesfr 65 l. 23–24 (ed.), 79 l. 9–10 (tr.); ወርቅ፡ ኵስኵስት፡ ፩።une carafe en orfr 70 l. 27 (ed.), 85 l. 10 (tr.)
Leslau
ኵስኵስ kʷǝskʷǝs , ኵስኵስት፡ kʷǝskʷǝst , pluralisPl. ኰሳኵስት kʷasākʷǝst , ኵሳኵስት kʷǝsākʷǝst , ኰሳኵስ kʷasākʷǝs pitcheren, poten 296a
information type values
PoS
transcription kʷǝskʷǝs kʷǝskʷǝst kʷǝsākʷǝsāt kʷasākʷǝsātāt kʷǝsākʷǝsātāt kʷǝskʷǝs kʷǝskʷǝst kʷasākʷǝst kʷǝsākʷǝst kʷasākʷǝs
translations Krüge de 1 campana, 5 campanelli da chiesa, 2 recipienti kʷeskʷest, 2 recipienti gayb di argento,it 1 recipiente kʷeskʷest di vetro,it 2 recipienti kʷeskʷest di metallo, it Une cruche provenant de l’abēto Yoḥannes fr une carafe en or fr pitcheren poten
morphology
references
labels Pl.Pl.Pl.Pl.
gender
case
bibliography xxixb; 10 n.8 (ed.) 43 VI l. 28 (ed.), 36 l. 27 (tr.) 44 IX l. 6 (ed.), 39 IX l. 8 (tr.) 64 l. 13 (ed.), 53 l. 20 (tr.) 65 l. 23–24 (ed.) 79 l. 9–10 (tr.) 70 l. 27 (ed.) 85 l. 10 (tr.) 296a
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  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added examples on 14.7.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added Leslau on 25.5.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added variant on 25.5.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added leslau on 25.5.2022
  • Leonard Bahr root on 19.3.2018
  • Susanne Hummel added: graphic varaints, translit., bibliographic references on 18.12.2017
  • Susanne Hummel added: , on 18.12.2017
  • Susanne Hummel added: German meaning on 18.12.2017
  • Susanne Hummel moved Pl. to another place on 18.12.2017
  • Andreas Ellwardt last updated txt file and doc file of Lexicon on 19.4.2017
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo exported from lexicon to XML on 16.1.2017
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo updated lexicon XML file adding nested senses on 16.1.2017
  • Andreas Ellwardt updated txt file and doc file of Lexicon on 22.11.2016

Attestations in the Beta maṣāḥǝft corpus

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