ሠናይ፡ śannāy , pluralisPl. ሠናያን፡ śannāyān «bonfr, beaufr»; fem. ሠናይት፡ śannāyt , pluralisPl. ሠናያት፡ sannāyāt ― መልካም፡ , ውብ፡ Ms. BNFabb217, fol. 53r.
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ሠናይ śannāy beautifulen, gooden, fairen, delightfulen, agreeableen, gladen (tidings), pleasingen, properen, righten, virtuousen, prosperousen, suitableen; (Lt) beautyen, goodnessen, favouren
በሠናይ ba-sannāy wellen
ሠናየ sannāy-a wellen, finelyen, dulyen
ሠናያት śannāyāt good thingsen, good worksen, good deedsen, gooden (n), goodnessen
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‘Das Geez-Wort, das schon in den Aksûmer Inschriften vorkommt, bedeutet »Gefangene«; daraus entsprang wohl die Bedeutung »Sklaven«, und als Sklaven (des Königs) mochten speciell die Soldanten bezeichnet werden wie die Janitscharen als besondere Auszeichnung den Namen »Sklaven« (des Pâdischâh) führten.’ 580; ‘ ጨዋ፡ è dalla forma letteraria ጼዋ፡ ; ma qual è l’etimologia? forse da ጼዋ፡ ለምድር፡ sal terrae (Mt. 5, 13) nel senso di parte scelta e difesa di una data regione? L’uso di porre strani nomi biblici (cf. p. es. 30 n. 3) mi pare che renderebbe quest’etimologia non improbabile; vero è che sebben ምድር፡ sia per lo più fem., in Mt. 5, 13 dicesi ጼው፡ .’ 12 n. 1; ‘In Amharic č̣äwa has various meanings: “person of high social status; person of free status (as opposed to slave)”; “ignorant, layman”, “conciliator”, cf. 2236. In Tǝgrǝñña, č̣ǝwa has the same range of meanings as in Amharic, cf. 940. For this context, Conti Rossini has correctly rendered ṩewa with “milizie regie”, 259, during the so-called “Salomonic” dynasty was the name of part of the land’s army that was deployed in areas far off from the royal court, cf. 48.’ 89 (385) n. 160,