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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...

particula instigandilavel urgendi ( gramm.§ 162): obsecrola, n. 322quaesola, δή ; Imperativo suffigitur, ut: ተመየጥሶ፡ Psalmi, ex editione Ludolfi.Ps. 79,15 ; Psalmi, ex editione Ludolfi.Ps. 117,24 ; Liturgiae in N. T. romano impressae; numeri significant folia et columnas.Lit. 158,2 ; { ዕንቋዕሶ፡ liber Jobi.Job 31,29 in d'AbbadieAbb.LV}.
( ሶም፡ ) Substantivumsubst.alliumla[ שׁוּמִים ܬܽܘܡܳܐ ثُومٌ , videasvid. ቱማ፡ ] σκόρδον Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 11,5 ; not able to find explanation in abbreviation listGad. T.H. ; ሶም፡ (si quidem lectio sana est) Constitutiones Apostolorum.Const. Ap. 39. Vocabularium Aethiopicum, -a -aVoc. Ae.: ሶመት፡ ዘ፡ እንዠሞ። (Ludolfi Gregorius exponebat አንዶ፡ ).
Substantivumsubst.[i.e. ثُومٌ ; aliâs ሶመት፡ ] alliumla: ኢይባርኩ፡ ላዕላ፡ ሰግላ፡ ውኢላዕለ፡ በጸል፡ ወኢላዕላ፡ ቱማ፡ F.N. 17 (e Syn.).
( ሶም፡ ) Substantivumsubst.alliumla[ שׁוּמִים ܬܽܘܡܳܐ ثُومٌ , videasvid. ቱማ፡ ] σκόρδον Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 11,5 ; not able to find explanation in abbreviation listGad. T.H. ; ሶም፡ (si quidem lectio sana est) Constitutiones Apostolorum.Const. Ap. 39. Vocabularium Aethiopicum, -a -aVoc. Ae.: ሶመት፡ ዘ፡ እንዠሞ። (Ludolfi Gregorius exponebat አንዶ፡ ).
et ሳውም፡ Substantivumsubst.[ שֹׁחַם ] onyxla, sardonyxla, ὀνύχιον Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 28,20 ; እብነ፡ ሶም፡ λίθος σοάμ Paralipomenon liber I.1 Par. 29,2 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 36,20 in C ሶም፡ (pro ኦኒክዮን፡ caeterorum); σάρδιον Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 35,8 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 36,17 .
sāmǝnyās nomen propriumn. pr. (personal name) 45a l. 3 (ed.) ; ሶምንያስ፡ somǝnyās nomen propriumn. pr. (personal name) 45 n. 8 (ed.)
( ሶም፡ ) Substantivumsubst.alliumla[ שׁוּמִים ܬܽܘܡܳܐ ثُومٌ , videasvid. ቱማ፡ ] σκόρδον Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 11,5 ; not able to find explanation in abbreviation listGad. T.H. ; ሶም፡ (si quidem lectio sana est) Constitutiones Apostolorum.Const. Ap. 39. Vocabularium Aethiopicum, -a -aVoc. Ae.: ሶመት፡ ዘ፡ እንዠሞ። (Ludolfi Gregorius exponebat አንዶ፡ ). ( ሶም፡ ) Substantivumsubst.alliumla[ שׁוּמִים ܬܽܘܡܳܐ ثُومٌ , videasvid. ቱማ፡ ] σκόρδον Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 11,5 ; not able to find explanation in abbreviation listGad. T.H. ; ሶም፡ (si quidem lectio sana est) Constitutiones Apostolorum.Const. Ap. 39. Vocabularium Aethiopicum, -a -aVoc. Ae.: ሶመት፡ ዘ፡ እንዠሞ። (Ludolfi Gregorius exponebat አንዶ፡ ). et ሳውም፡ Substantivumsubst.[ שֹׁחַם ] onyxla, sardonyxla, ὀνύχιον Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 28,20 ; እብነ፡ ሶም፡ λίθος σοάμ Paralipomenon liber I.1 Par. 29,2 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 36,20 in C ሶም፡ (pro ኦኒክዮን፡ caeterorum); σάρδιον Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 35,8 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 36,17 . et ስርድዮን፡ nomen peregrinumn. peregr. ὁ σάρδιος , τὸ σάρδιον , lapis sardiusla, nomen gemmae, Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 25,7 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 28,17 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 36,17 in C (ubi alii ሶም፡ habent); Apocalypsis Joannis.Apoc. 21,20 ; ዕንቈ፡ ሰርድዮን፡ Proverbiorum liber biblicus.Prov. 25,12 ; Hezekielis prophetia.Hez. 28,13 . Vocabularium Aethiopicum, -a -a.Voc. Ae.: ሰርድዮን፡ ወሶም፡ ፩እብን።
et ሳራ፡ Sara. sorā , sārā nomen propriumn. pr. (personal name); ሰራ፡ sarā 107a l. 10, 107a l. 18, 107a l. 19 (ed.)
, ሱርስት፡ Syriace ( συριστί Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 36,11 ; Danielis prophetia.Dan. 2,4 al.).
i.e. שֹׁעָרִים σουαρείμ Jeremiae prophetia.Jer. 36,17 (hebr. 29,17) versio novavers. nov.; Jeremiae prophetia.Jer. 24,2 gloss. Hinccompilator Radicum d'AbbadieAbb.petiit verbum: ሶርኤመ፡ ዘ፡ ለምጽ፡ አወጻ፡
Syrus.
tauruslavideasvid. sub ሶር፡ Substantivumsubst., m. et fem. , pluralisPl. ቶራት፡ [ שׁוֹר , ܬܰܘܪܳܐ , ثَوْرٌ , ሶር፡ taurusla] bubalusla, βούβαλος Deuteronomium.Deut. 14,5 ; ወይጠል፡ ወቶራ፡ ወሀየላት፡ Liber Maccabaeorum ficticius.Macc. f. 5 ; Cyriacus eremita ሐሊበ፡ ቶራ፡ (bubali a Deo missi) bibebat, Encomia Synaxarii, Actis singulorum dierum addita; citantur secundum menses et dies: MaskaramSx. Masc. 19 ; pluralisPl. ቶራት፡ Synaxaria; sequuntur nomina mensium GenbôtSx. Genb. 28 ; F.N. 44,2 ubi a ቶራት፡ distinguuntur አልህምት፡ ገዳም፡ ( videasvid. sub. ራዛ፡ ). Quomodo Gregorius hoc animal descripserit refert Ludolfus in lexiconlex.cumc.259.