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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
Substantivumsubst., usitatum in pluralisPl. ሰዋስው፡
1)gradus scalarumla, scalala, scalaela; domorum: ይደልዎ፡ ለ፩ከመ፡ ይትክል፡ ሰዋስወ፡ በኀበ፡ ገቦ፡ አረፍት፡ ለእመ፡ ኮነ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዘኢይነኪ፡ ካልአ፡ ( vicinumla) Fetḥa Nagast; numeri significant capita capitumque partes.F.N. 37 ; κλῖμαξ Genesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 28,12 ; milites ተከሉ፡ ሰዋስወ፡ ወዐርጉ፡ Josippon vel Pseudojosephus, Josephi Ben Gorion Historia Judaeorum.Jsp. p. 319 ; Liturgiae in N. T. romano impressae; numeri significant folia et columnas.Lit. 170,4 ; Encomia Synaxarii, Actis singulorum dierum addita; citantur secundum menses et dies: TahsasSx. Tachs. 3 Enc.
2)vocabulariumla, መጽሐፈ፡ ሰዋስው፡ liber scalarumlavel ሰዋስው፡ not able to find explanation in abbreviation listCod. Mus. Brit. LXXXII ; not able to find explanation in abbreviation listCat. Cod. Bodl. Ox. p. 82 a. Voc. Ae.: ሰዋስው፡ ዘ፡ መሸጋገርያ፡ ወዓዲ፡ መሰላል።
information type values
PoS subst.
transcription
translations gradus scalarum la scala la scalae la vicinum la vocabularium la liber scalarum la
morphology subst.
references F.N. 37 Gen. 28,12 Jsp. p. 319 Lit. 170,4 Sx. Tachs. 3 Enc. Cod. Mus. Brit. LXXXII Cat. Cod. Bodl. Ox. p. 82
labels Pl.
gender
case
bibliography
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TraCES*ERC Advanced Grant TraCES (Grant Agreement 338756) and follow-up projects, English

Table/Text
sawǝsaw , pluralisPl. sawāsǝw ladderen (Dillmann 1) ሰዋስው፡ ፪ ተቅዋመ፡ ማኅቶት፡ ፪2 scale, 2 piedistalli per lampade,it 43 VI 30 (ed.), 36 l. 30–31 (tr.); ወሰዋስው፡ ፪[፡] ወቀንዲል፡ ፩[፡]2 scale, 4 lucerne,it 64 l. 14 (ed.), 53 l. 21 (tr.)
Leslau
ሰዋስው sawāsǝw (pl. of *sawsaw) ladderen, step of a ladderen, grammaren, glossaryen, vocabularyen 521a
information type values
PoS
transcription sawǝsaw sawāsǝw sawāsǝw
translations ladderen 2 scale, 2 piedistalli per lampade,it 2 scale, 4 lucerne,it ladderen step of a ladderen grammaren glossaryen vocabularyen
morphology
references
labels Pl.
gender
case
bibliography 43 VI 30 (ed.), 36 l. 30–31 (tr.) 64 l. 14 (ed.), 53 l. 21 (tr.) 521a
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  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 11.8.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added examples on 21.7.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added Leslau on 21.7.2022
  • Andreas Ellwardt Referenzen on 30.11.2017
  • 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

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