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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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kafawi 69, ከፈይ፡ kafay 145a, 639 Substantivumsubst. velveten; ‘Holofericumla, Vellutoit, Sammetde’ 69 ፈነወ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ መንግሠ፡ ለሐፄ፡ ብዙኃ፡ ቁማሸ፡ ዘዘዚአሁ፡ ኅብሩ፡ እለ፡ ከመ፡ አርዋ፡ ወቅፍጣን፡ ወሲኒ፡ ወመስሕ፡ ወከፈዊ፡ ጅኵ፡ ወብዙኅ፡ ቀሚስ፡ ስፋይ፡ ዘወፅአ፡ እምባሕር፡ ሰርፍ፡ ወብሳጥ፡ ብዙኃን፡ ሳሕላዊሰ፡ ወዶቲ፡ ኢይትዐወቅ፡ ኆልቁ። ‘Yesḥaq envoya comme tribut au Ḥaṣē une grande quantité d’habillements, chacun d’une couleur, tels que des soies bleues, des qeftān, des sini, des maseḥ, des kafawi, ǧekue, nombre des chemises brodées qui avaient été importées par mer, des draps royaux, des tapis, des sāḥlāwi en quantité, et des doti innombrablesfr’ 39 l. 33–36, 40 l. 1 (ed.), 46 l. 19–24 (tr.); ወእምድኅረ፡ ጥምቀቱ፡ አልበሶ፡ ቀማይሰ፡ ዘብዑድ፡ ግብረቶሙ፡ ወአሐዱ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ከፈዊ፡ ቀሚስ፡ ዘቀይሕ፡ ኅብሩ፡ ‘Après qu’il eut reçu le baptême, le roi (le roi) l’habilla avec des robes magnifiques. Un de ces vêtements était une robe kafawi, de couleur rougefr’ 122 l. 1–2 (ed.), 138 l. 25–27 (tr.); ፩፡ መከዳ፡ ከፈዊ፡ ‘1 coussin kafawifr’ 13 l. 21–22 (ed.), 14 l. 17 (tr.); ፩፡ ዋርዳ፡ ከፈዊ፡ ቀሚስ፡ ‘une aube wārdā kafawifr’ 50 l. 4 (ed.), (tr.)
Comparative and etymological data
from Amharic ከፈዊ kafawi , from Arabic kūfiyya 70
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transcription kafawi kafay kafawi kūfiyya
translations velvet en Holofericum la Velluto it Sammet de Yesḥaq envoya comme tribut au Ḥaṣē une grande quantité d’habillements, chacun d’une couleur, tels que des soies bleues, des qeftān, des sini, des maseḥ, des kafawi, ǧekue, nombre des chemises brodées qui avaient été importées par mer, des draps royaux, des tapis, des sāḥlāwi en quantité, et des doti innombrables fr Après qu’il eut reçu le baptême, le roi (le roi) l’habilla avec des robes magnifiques. Un de ces vêtements était une robe kafawi, de couleur rouge fr 1 coussin kafawi fr une aube wārdā kafawi fr
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bibliography 69 145a 639 69 39 l. 33–36, 40 l. 1 (ed.) 46 l. 19–24 (tr.) 122 l. 1–2 (ed.) 138 l. 25–27 (tr.) 13 l. 21–22 (ed.) 14 l. 17 (tr.) 50 l. 4 (ed.) (tr.) 70
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Revisions
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 4.7.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corrections on 16.6.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 25.5.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added etymology on 25.5.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added bibliography on 29.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added translation on 18.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added example on 18.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added bibliography on 18.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added example on 17.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new witness on 4.1.2022
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo restored changes made by Magda before crash on 9.5.2019 on 10.5.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added transl on 6.5.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 6.5.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 6.5.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new entry on 3.5.2019

Attestations in the Beta maṣāḥǝft corpus

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