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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...

ቃ166back to full list
ቃጽ
qāṣ Substantivumsubst. (title, office) ወበውእቱ፡ መዋዕል፡ ፈነዎ፡ በእደ፡ ቃጽ፡ ልጅ፡ አብርሃም፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ፩እማዐበይተ፡ ሕዝቡ። ‘und schickte ihn in jenen Tagen unter der Aufsicht des Qāṣ Leǧ Abrehām, eines der Großen seines Volkes, fortde’ 41 l. 22-23 (ed.), 44 l. 29-31 (tr.) (‘Qāṣ der Titel des Gouverneurs von Waǧ(ǧ) zur Zeit des Ba-Eda-Māryām; vgl. 112. Da dort in der Aufzählung die angestammten, regionalen Titel verschiedener Provinzen genannt werden, so muß auch Qāṣ als autochthoner Titel dieses ursprünglich muslimischen Fürstentums angesehen werden.’ 44-45 n. 185)
ቃጽል
qāṣǝl Substantivumsubst. church bellen 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.); ወዶል፡ ዘብርት፡ ፩[፡] ወቃጽል፡ ፫[፡] ‘1 campana in metallo, 3 campanelli da chiesa,it’ 64 l. 12–13 (ed.), 53 l. 19–20 (tr.)
Comparative and etymological data
 Amharic ቃጭል qāč̣ǝl ‘small bell’ 844a; Tigrinya ቃጭል qāč̣ǝl , ቃጽል qāṣǝl ‘campanello di chiesa, sonaglio che si mette al collo alle bestie’ 281
ቃፍ
Substantivumsubst.scopuslaquem jaculando petunt, liber Jobi.Job 16,12 ubi in quibusdam codicibus verba: ከመ፡ መጠራ፡ explanantur verbis ከመ፡ ቃፍ፡
ቃህራ
Caira urbs. qāhrā nomen propriumn. pr. (place name); ቀሐራ፡ qaḥarā , ቀሕራ፡ qaḥrā , ቃሕራ፡ qāḥrā , ቃፍራ፡ qāfrā 65 n. 42 (ed.)
ቀ
litera alphabeti Aethiopici octava, quae ቃፍ፡ vocatur.
አስተቀጸለ
IV,2, etiam አስተቈጸለ፡ redimirelavel cingere caputlaalicujus sertis, corona, coronarela, imponere coronamla, diademalaalicui, construitur cumc.c.duplexdupl.Acc.Canticum Canticorum.Cant. 3,11 ; n. 473 አክሊለ፡ ትፍሥሕት፡ ታስተቄጽለከ፡ Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 6,31 ; not able to find explanation in abbreviation listClem. f. 4 ; cumc.Acc.personapers.vel capitis Marci Evangelium.Marc. 15,17 ; ትገብር፡ አክሊላተ፡ ወታስተቄጽሎ፡ (v. ወታስተቈጽሎ፡ IV,1) ለዮሴዕ፡ Zachariae prophetia.Zach. 6,11 ; Hermae pastor, Aethiopice, ed. d’Abbadie 1860. 8°.Herm. p. 63 (ubi ex more librarii ቃ፡ pro ቀ፡ scriptum est); Matthaei Evangelium.Matth. 27,29 ; cumc. በ፡ coronae: እግዚአብሔር፡ አስተቀጸላ፡ ለርእሶ፡ በአክሊል፡ ሠላስ፡ Encomia Synaxarii, Actis singulorum dierum addita; citantur secundum menses et dies: SaneSx. Sen. 6 Enc. Etiam vox architect.: አስተቀጸለ፡ አረፍቶ፡ በሜልንትራ፡ Regum liber biblicum III.3 Reg. 6,9 ; Regum liber biblicum III.3 Reg. 7,40 .