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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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et ቀይሕ፡ adjectivumadj., fem. ቀያሕ፡ ( Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 19,2 ) et ቀይሕት፡ , pluralisPl.m. ቀይሓን፡ ( ቀዪሓን፡ ), fem. ቀይሓት፡ ( ቀዪሓት፡ ) rufusla, ruberla, rubidusla, rubicundusla, rutilusla: ቀይሕ፡ ከመ፡ ጽጌ፡ ረዳ፡ Genesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 25,25 ; Henochi liber, Aethiopice, ed. Dillmann 1851. 4°.Hen. 106,2 ; ከመ፡ ጽጌ፡ ረዳ፡ ቀይሕት፡ Encomia Synaxarii, Actis singulorum dierum addita; citantur secundum menses et diesEnc. Sen. 1 ; ሕብራት፡ ቀይሓት፡ Mashafa Falasfa.Fal. f. 16 ; ዘጽሑፍ፡ በቀይሕ፡ ( ቀለም፡ ) Abushakeri opus chronographicum; numerus significat capita.Abush. 33 ; Abushakeri opus chronographicum; numerus significat capita.Abush. 46 ; vinum sacramenti ይኩን፡ ቀይሐ፡ ወኅሩየ፡ not able to find explanation in abbreviation listKedr f. 89 ; ቀይሕ፡ ያክንት፡ Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 36,18 ; እብን፡ ቀዪሕ፡ Hezekielis prophetia.Hez. 28,14 ; እብን፡ ቀይሕት፡ et ቀዪሓት፡ Hezekielis prophetia.Hez. 28,16 ; እጐልት፡ ቀያሕ፡ Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 19,2 ; ፈረስ፡ ቀይሕ፡ et አፍራስ፡ ቀይሓን፡ Zachariae prophetia.Zach. 1,8 ; Zachariae prophetia.Zach. 6,2 ; Apocalypsis Joannis.Apoc. 6,4 ; አርዌ፡ ቀይሕ፡ Apocalypsis Joannis.Apoc. 17, 3; πυρράκης Regum liber biblicum IV.4 Reg. 16,12 ; πυρρός Canticum Canticorum.Cant. 5,10 ; κόκκινος Canticum Canticorum.Cant. 4,3 ; ቀይሐ፡ አልባስ፡ Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 63,1 ; ወርቅ፡ ቀዪሕ፡ vel ቀይሕ፡ Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 7,18 ; Baruchi liber apocryphus.Bar. 3,30 ; Kebra Nagast; numerus significat sectiones.Kebr. Nag. 22 ; Organon Mariae, numerus significat lectionem.Org. 2 ; φαιός ; fuscuslaGenesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 30,35 .
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translations rufus la ruber la rubidus la rubicundus la rutilus la fuscus la
morphology adj. fem. m. fem.
references Num. 19,2 Gen. 25,25 Hen. 106,2 Enc. Sen. 1 Fal. f. 16 Abush. 33 Abush. 46 Kedr f. 89 Ex. 36,18 Hez. 28,14 Hez. 28,16 Num. 19,2 Zach. 1,8 Zach. 6,2 Apoc. 6,4 Apoc. 17, 4 Reg. 16,12 Cant. 5,10 Cant. 4,3 Jes. 63,1 Sir. 7,18 Bar. 3,30 Kebr. Nag. 22 Org. 2 Gen. 30,35
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TraCES*ERC Advanced Grant TraCES (Grant Agreement 338756) and follow-up projects, English

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qayyiḥ , qayyǝḥ , qayyāḥ , qayyǝḥt ‘Letteralmente: rossaitወአስተርአዮ፡ ካዕበ፡ ብእሲ፡ ግሩም፡ ወቀዪሕ፡ ራእዩ፡E di nuovo gli si rivelò un uomo temibile, dall’apparenza chiarait 110 (190) l. 5 (ed.); 111 (191) l. 6-7 (tr.) (cf. 1025 che spiega ቀይሕ , come «light complexioned (Ethiopian)».’ 111 (191) n. 1 )
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transcription qayyiḥ qayyǝḥ qayyāḥ qayyǝḥt
translations rossa it E di nuovo gli si rivelò un uomo temibile, dall’apparenza chiara it
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bibliography 110 (190) l. 5 (ed.); 111 (191) l. 6-7 (tr.) 1025 111 (191) n. 1
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  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added witness on 12.4.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added ex. on 12.4.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added trans on 12.4.2019
  • 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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