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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., ni fallor, not foundperegr.scilicetsc. γοητεία
1)praestigiala, artes magicaela: በከመ፡ ሰርሐ፡ በሥራያቲሁ፡ ወበብዝኀ፡ ጕዕትያሁ፡ (de mago quodam) not able to find explanation in abbreviation listClem. f. 252.
2)vanitasla, inanitasla, fallaciala, frustratiola: ስብሐቶሙ፡ ኢኮነ፡ ከመ፡ ስብሐተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ዓለም፡ ኀላፊ፡ በጕዕትያ፡ እለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ not able to find explanation in abbreviation listClem. f. 280 ; እምድኅረ፡ ብዙኅ፡ ጕዕትያ፡ Philexius; numerus significat quaestiones.Phlx. 14 ; Adam panem suum comedebat በሀፍ፡ በጕዕትያ፡ ወጻማ፡ Liber Maccabaeorum ficticius.Macc. f. 11 ; በፈቃደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ተውህበ፡ ኵሉ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ዓለም፡ ለዘርአ፡ ሴም፡ ወግብርናት፡ ለዘርአ፡ ካም፡ ወጕዕትያ፡ ለዘርአ፡ ያፌት፡ Kebra Nagast; numerus significat sectiones.Kebr. Nag. 73. n. 1187
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PoS subst.peregr.
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translations praestigia la artes magicae la vanitas la inanitas la fallacia la frustratio la
morphology subst. peregr.
references Clem. f. 252. Clem. f. 280 Phlx. 14 Macc. f. 11 Kebr. Nag. 73.
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TraCES*ERC Advanced Grant TraCES (Grant Agreement 338756) and follow-up projects, English

Table/Text
gʷǝʿtǝyā fatigueen, tirednessen, ‘fatiguefrወተሐረምክሙ፡ ከመ፡ ትሖሩ፡ በፍኖተ፡ ጸባብ፡ በረኃብ፡ ወበጽምእ፡ በሐፍ፡ ወበድካም፡ በቍር፡ ወበዕርቃን፡ በጕዕትያ፡ ወበአባር፡ ወኃጢአ፡ እክል፡ ወበኵሉ፡ ምንዳቤ፡ ወዓፀባ፡ ዘይበጽሖሙ፡ ለአግብርተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡Vous avez fait des vœux, afin d’aller dans la voie étroite, la faim, la soif, la chaleur, l’épuisement, le froid, la nudité, la fatigue, la sécheresse, la manque de nourriture, et dans toute détresse et difficulté qui arrive aux serviteurs de Dieufr 18 l. 14-17 (ed.) , 16 (tr.) (‘Sens de ጕዕትያ፡ indiqué par 522 .’ 16 n 80 )
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transcription gʷǝʿtǝyā
translations fatigue en tiredness en fatigue fr Vous avez fait des vœux, afin d’aller dans la voie étroite, la faim, la soif, la chaleur, l’épuisement, le froid, la nudité, la fatigue, la sécheresse, la manque de nourriture, et dans toute détresse et difficulté qui arrive aux serviteurs de Dieu fr
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bibliography 18 l. 14-17 (ed.) 16 (tr.) 522 16 n 80
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  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 2.11.2018
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new meaning on 22.10.2018
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new meaning, to be peer-reviewed on 22.10.2018
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 22.10.2018
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 22.10.2018
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 22.10.2018
  • Leonard Bahr root on 4.5.2018
  • 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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