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  • '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'

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You found "II p." in 3342 entries!

አሄጰ
1

... አሄጰ፡ II,1 «faire piquer, faire blesser avec ...

አእኀዘ
1

... አእኀዘ II,1 ...

አህየየ
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... አህየየ II,1 sublevare ...

አፅመመ
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... አፅመመ II,1 prae...

አልሕሐ
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... አልሕሐ II,1 humectare ...

ጋህግሀ
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...est , جَهْجَهَ II (جَحْجَحَ) ...

አነበየ
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... አነበየ II,2 ( denom. ...

አኀየለ
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... አኀየለ II,2 ...

ምርፋእ
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...st. Ap. 62 (63); sed in loco parallelo II Const. Ap. 19 melior lectio: በመርፍእ፡ ...

እኂል
1

...date palm, dried figs vid. also ሄላ helā II, ሔላ ḥelā 13a

አክበበ
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... አክበበ II,1, integrum ...

ተባሐተ
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...ት፡ ምስለ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወይወድዩ፡ ውስተ፡ ልቦሙ፡ ኅሊና፡ እኩይ፡ II Const. Ap. 5; III Const. Ap. 5. ...

አጻዕደወ
1

... አጻዕደወ II dealbare ...

አቤዘወ
1

... አቤዘወ II redimendum cur...

አጌሰ
1

... አጌሰ II,1 miane surger...

አዘንግዐ
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... አዘንግዐ II a...

አልብሐ
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አልብሐ ʾalbǝḥa አልብሐ፡ ʾalbǝḥa ^II,I^ ያለብሕ፡, ያልብሕ፡ «faire faire de la vaisselle, fair...

አሕነከ
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... II,1 ያሐንክ፡, ያሕንክ፡ ...

አመሀረ
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... II,2 ያሜህር፡, ያመህር፡ ...

አመሰለ
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... II,2 ያሜስል፡, ያመስል፡ ...

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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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I,1[radix in Geez tritissima, sed a caeteris linguis semiticis aliena (de Amh. videasvid.not able to find explanation in abbreviation listIsenb. p. 134 ); nam arab. خدج significatum specialem abortivitla(elabi sivit foetum) habet. Significatione quidem vicinum est חָדֵל sed alius originis ( videasvid.Ges. thes. p. 407). De etymo si conjecturam proponere licet, ኀደገ፡ mihi ad עָתַק dimoverila, arab. عَتَقَ manumittila(sicut عَزَبَ remotus fuitla, procul abfuitla, hebr. עָזַב dimitterela, relinquerela) referendum videtur.] SubjunctivusSubj. ይኅድግ፡ ;
A)transitive
1)relinquerela( verlassende, zurücklassende, hinterlassende)
5)omitterela, praetermitterela, intermitterela( lassende, ablassende, weglassende, unterlassende),
a)omittere, praetermittere: ኢትኅድግ፡ አሐተ፡ ቃለ፡ እምዘነበብከ፡ Esther, liber biblicus.Esth. 6,10 ; ዐጸደ፡ ጸናፌ፡ ኅድግ፡ ወኢትመጥን፡ Apocalypsis Joannis.Apoc. 11,2 ; Matth.23,23; ad Hebraeos epistola.Hebr. 6,1 . Memorabilis est Imperativi usus, qui in eo conspicuus est, ut in argumentationibus a majori ad minus vel a minori ad majus Imperat. personapers.II sing.vel pluralisPl., addito adverbio ሰ፡ , ut: ኅድግሰ፡ vel ኅድጉሰ፡ omittelavel omittite autem!laadverbii instar in enunciationem insertus idem valeat, quod Latinorum nedumla, multo magislavel multo minusla. Neque necesse est, ut nomen, quod hoc Imperativo praemisso insignitur, in Accusativo ponatur, ut: ጥቀ፡ ሰማይኒ፡ ኢኮነ፡ ንጹሐ፡ በቅድሜሁ፡ ኅድግሰ፡ ሰብአ፡ ርኩሰ፡ liber Jobi.Job 15,16 ; sed eum quoque nominis casum, qui reliqua enuntiationis constructione postulatur, retinere licet, ut: ከዋክብት፡ ኢኮኑ፡ ንጹሓነ፡ በቅድሜሁ፡ ኅድግሰ፡ ሰብእ፡ መዋቲ፡ (v. ሰብአ፡ መዋቴ፡ ) liber Jobi.Job 25,6 . Alia exempla invenies ad Corinthios epistola Pauli I.1 Cor. 6,3 ; Hermae pastor, Aethiopice, ed. d’Abbadie 1860. 8°.Herm. p. 3 ; Gadela Lalibela.Gad. Lal. ; Chrys. (saepius, ut ho. 34); እስመ፡ ለእንስሳሂ፡ ያሐዝኖሙ፡ ሞተ፡ እሞሙ፡ ኅድግሰ፡ ለሰብእ፡ ለባውያን፡ Josippon vel Pseudojosephus, Josephi Ben Gorion Historia Judaeorum.Jsp. p. 331. — Praeterea Ludolfus in Organon Mariae, numerus significat lectionem.Org. 2 (ubi locus ad Corinthios epistola Pauli I.1 Cor. 6,3 allegatur) pro ኅድጉሰ፡ legit ኅድጎሰ፡ quod equidem nusquam reperi.
b)negligerela, curamlarei vel personapers.abjicerela, cumc.Acc.Deuteronomium.Deut. 31,6 ; አኀድጎ፡ ἀνήσω αὐτόν Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 5,6 ; liber Jobi.Job 12,15 ; ad Titum epistola.Tit. 3,10 ; etiam cumc. እምነ፡ , ut: ኢትኅድግ፡ እምእለ፡ ይበክዩ፡ Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 7,34 .
c)intermissionem facerelaoperis: ኀደጉ፡ ተግባሮሙ፡ liber Jobi.Job 24,5 ; absoluteabsol.Lucae evangelium.Luc. 23,56 .
d)missum facerela, desisterelavel abstinerelaa re, cessare facerelaaliquid, finem facerelarei, desinerela
α)cumc.Acc.rei: ኀደገ፡ ጥበ፡ uberibus ablatus estlaKufâle sive Liber Jubilaeorum Aethiopice, ed. A. Dillmann 1859. 4°; citantur capita libri; nonnumquam, praemisso p., paginae.Kuf. 17 ; deponere vestem Genesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 38,14 ; ኅድጎ፡ ለጋእዝ፡ ἀπόσχου ἀπὸ μάχης Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 28,8 ; ኅድጋ፡ ለኀጢአት፡ Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 38,10 ; Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 48,15 ; ኅድጎ፡ ለኅሊና፡ መዋቲ፡ Ezrae Apocalypsis; citatur secundum capita et commata editionis Laurentianae.4 Esr. 14,11 ; ኀደገ፡ ዓለመ፡ renuntiavit mundola(et monachus factus est) Phlx.; እከየ፡ malam consuetudinem missam facere, Chrys. (crebro); ἀφιέναι ኀደገ፡ ተፋቅሮተከ፡ ዘቀዲሙ፡ Apocalypsis Joannis.Apoc. 2,4 ; ኢየኀድጋ፡ ለየውሐት፡ liber Jobi.Job 27,5 ; Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 26,28 ; κοπάζειν , ut: ኀደገ፡ ንጉሥ፡ መዐቶ፡ Esther, liber biblicus.Esth. 7,10 ; ከመ፡ ይኅድገነ፡ ባሕር፡ Jonae prophetia.Jon. 1,11 ; Evangelium Joannis.Joh. 1,12 ; ἀπολείπειν , καταλείπειν : ይኅድግ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ፍኖቶ፡ Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 55,7 ; እግዚአብሔር፡ ኢኀደገ፡ ምሕረቶ፡ Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 47,22 ; ἐξαιρεῖν ኢትኅድግ፡ ምሕረተከ፡ እምነ፡ ቤትየ፡ Regum liber biblicum I.1 Reg. 20,15 ; creberrime παύεσθαι : ኅድጉ፡ እከየክሙ፡ Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 1,16 ; Jeremiae prophetia.Jer. 33,13 ; Psalmi, ex editione Ludolfi.Ps. 84,3 ; Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 28,6 ; ኀደገ፡ ነገረ፡ liber Jobi.Job 32,1 ; liber Jobi.Job 38,1 ; የኀድጉ፡ አፅባኢሆሙ፡ Ezrae Apocalypsis; citatur secundum capita et commata editionis Laurentianae.4 Esr. 13,38 ; ኢትኅድጉ፡ ተስፋክሙ፡ Henochi liber, Aethiopice, ed. Dillmann 1851. 4°.Hen. 104,4 .
γ)cumc. እምነ፡ , ut: ኢኀደጉ፡ እምትምህርቶሙ፡ n. 617non desierunt eos docerela, Synaxaria; sequuntur nomina mensium HedarSx. Hed. 4.
δ)absoluteabs., omisso objecto: ቅድም፡ እምነ፡ ኵሉ፡ ኀዲገ፡ ከመ፡ ጠቢብ፡ παῦσαι πρῶτος χάριν παιδείας Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 34,17 ; እሖርኑ፡ አው፡ እኅድግኑ፡ Regum liber biblicum III.3 Reg. 22,6 ; Regum liber biblicum IV.4 Reg. 13,18 ; ኅድግ፡ ምዕረ፡ Regum liber biblicum I.1 Reg. 14,19 ; Koheleth (Ecclesiastes), liber biblicus.Koh. 11,6 ; Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 55,10 ; Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 62,1 ; Jeremiae prophetia.Jer. 8,5 ; Jeremiae prophetia.Jer. 30,2 .
B)intransitive:
1)remitterela, cessarela( nachlassende, ablassende): ኀደገ፡ እሳት፡ Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 11,2 ; ብድብድ፡ Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 17,13 ; መቅሠፍት፡ Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 25,8 ; ሀቦ፡ Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 16,13 ; ነፋስ፡ Matthaei Evangelium.Matth. 14,32 ; Marci Evangelium.Marc. 6,51 ; ለምጽ፡ Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 13,5 ; Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 13,51 ; የኀድግ፡ እዴሁ፡ እምላዕሌክሙ፡ Regum liber biblicum I.1 Reg. 6,3 .
2)deficerela: ትጸውም፡ ወትጼሊ፡ እስከ፡ ኀደገ፡ ሥጋሃ፡ Encomia Synaxarii, Actis singulorum dierum addita; citantur secundum menses et dies: MaggabitSx. Mag. 20.
3)cederelaalicui in re, eo inferiorem essela, cumc. እምነ፡ comparativo: ዘይባርክ፡ ዐርኮ፡ በጽባሕ፡ በዐቢይ፡ ቃል፡ እምዘይረግም፡ አልቦ፡ ዘኀደገ፡ ( οὐδὲν διαφέρει ) Proverbiorum liber biblicus.Prov. 27,14 .
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translations abortivit la dimoveri la manumitti la remotus fuit la procul abfuit la dimittere la relinquere la relinquere la verlassen de zurücklassen de hinterlassen de discedere la relinquere aliquid la alicui la deserere la destituere la ab eo deficere la monachi la qui a vocatione sua recedunt la committere la dimittere la loslassen de entlassen de repudiare la divortium facere la remittere la condonare la erlassen de nachlassen de expiare la omittere la praetermittere la intermittere la lassen de ablassen de weglassen de unterlassen de omitte la omittite autem! la nedum la multo magis la multo minus la negligere la curam la abjicere la intermissionem facere la missum facere la desistere la abstinere la cessare facere la finem facere la desinere la uberibus ablatus est la renuntiavit mundo la desinere la omittere la non desierunt eos docere la sinere la permittere la lassen de remittere la cessare la nachlassen de ablassen de deficere la cedere la inferiorem esse la
morphology Subj. Acc. Acc. Acc. absol. Acc. Acc. abs. Acc. Subj. Subj. Subj.
references Isenb. p. 134 Koh. 10,4 Ruth 2,11 Num. 10,31 Jud. 19,2 Jer. 9,2 Matth. 4,13 Matth. 16,4 Matth. 19,5 Matth. 21,17 1 Reg. 25,37 Marc. 14,52 Luc. 5,28 Luc. 15,4 Gen. 39,12 Gen. 50,8 4 Reg. 7,7 Kuf. 38 Tit. 1,5 Jos. 8,17 Hen. 81,6 Dan. 4,12 Lev. 19,10 Lev. 23,22 Gen. 14,21 Gen. 38,23 Marc. 12,19 Luc. 20,31 Ps. 48,10 Sir. 11,19 Sir. 14,15 Sir. 30,4 Sir. 44,8 Judith 8,7 Koh. 2,18 Genz. f. 134 Genz. f. 156. Sir. 9,10 Sir. 6,10 Sir. 23,22 Gen. 28,15 Deut. 12,19 Jos. 1,5 Ps. 22,1 Deut. 31,16 Jud. 2,13 Jer. 2,16 Jes. 65,11 Rom. 3,23 1 Reg. 15,24 Ps. 118,87 Kuf. 1 Kuf. 15 Kuf. 23 Phlx. 5 3 Reg. 12,8 Gen. 39,23 Kuf. 39 Job 39,11 Sir. 15,14 Ps. 36,35 Ps. 15,10 Sir. 6,27 Job 10,20 Joh. 18,8 Kuf. 33. Luc. 23,16 Act. 16,35 Act. 16,36 Deut. 22,19 Deut. 22,29 Mal. 2,14 Asc. Jes. 11,3 Jes. 11,4 Matth. 5,32 1 Cor. 7,11 1 Cor. 7,12 1 Cor. 7,13 1 Esr. 4,50 Luc. 7,42 Luc. 7,43 Matth. 18,27 Kuf. p. 33 2 Par. 10,4 Gen. 50,17 Jes. 55,7 Job 42,10 Ps. 24,19 Ps. 84,2 Sir. 28,1 Sir. 28,2 Matth. 6,12 Matth. 6,14 1 Joh. 1,9 Lev. 10,17 Hebr. 10,4 Esth. 6,10 Apoc. 11,2 Hebr. 6,1 Job 15,16 Job 25,6 1 Cor. 6,3 Herm. p. 3 Gad. Lal. Jsp. p. 331. Org. 2 1 Cor. 6,3 Deut. 31,6 Jes. 5,6 Job 12,15 Tit. 3,10 Sir. 7,34 Job 24,5 Luc. 23,56 Kuf. 17 Gen. 38,14 Sir. 28,8 Sir. 38,10 Sir. 48,15 4 Esr. 14,11 Apoc. 2,4 Job 27,5 Sir. 26,28 Esth. 7,10 Jon. 1,11 Joh. 1,12 Jes. 55,7 Sir. 47,22 1 Reg. 20,15 Jes. 1,16 Jer. 33,13 Ps. 84,3 Sir. 28,6 Job 32,1 Job 38,1 4 Esr. 13,38 Hen. 104,4 Gen. 11,6 Gen. 16,4 Jos. 22,18 Ruth 1,18 Sir. 32,10 1 Reg. 15,11 Jes. 59,13 Jer. 9,5 Jer. 9,6 Jer. 15,6 Jer. 51,18 Dan. apocr. 3,22 4 Esr. 10,5 Num. 9,13 Sx. Hed. 4. Sir. 34,17 3 Reg. 22,6 4 Reg. 13,18 1 Reg. 14,19 Koh. 11,6 Jes. 55,10 Jes. 62,1 Jer. 8,5 Jer. 30,2 Asc. Jes. 7,21 Matth. 3,15 Gen. 20,6 Ex. 12,23 Ex. 14,12 Koh. 5,11 Jes. 22,4 Job 9,18 Sir. 23,1 Kuf. 14 4 Esr. 9,41 Hen. 40,7 Matth. 7,4 Matth. 8,22 Matth. 13,30 Num. 22,13 Kuf. 29 Kuf. 41 Deut. 9,14 Num. 11,2 Num. 17,13 Num. 25,8 Ex. 16,13 Matth. 14,32 Marc. 6,51 Lev. 13,5 Lev. 13,51 1 Reg. 6,3 Sx. Mag. 20. Prov. 27,14
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ḫadaga ኢይትኅደግ፡ እንበለ፡ + Subjunctive surely, certainlyen ኢይትኀድግ፡ እንበለ፡ ይፍታህ፡ ለነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምዝንቱ፡ ሞኰንን፡ ዓመፃ። ‘“Il ne se peut que le Seigneur ne nous rende pas justice contre cet officier pervers!”fr’ 21 l. 34–35 (ed.), 25 l. 38–39 (tr.)
Comparative and etymological data
 This same construction occurs in Amharic ስ- + NEG Imperfect አይቀርም literallylit. ‘it will not remain without Verb’. It needs to be researched whether Amharic inherited this construction or whether the Gǝʿǝz construction is a calque from Amharic. Note that in the above example the construction occurs in direct speech.
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transcription ḫadaga
translations surely, certainly en “Il ne se peut que le Seigneur ne nous rende pas justice contre cet officier pervers!” fr
morphology
references
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bibliography 21 l. 34–35 (ed.) 25 l. 38–39 (tr.)
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RevisionsCite this lemma
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 8.8.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska I corrected the grammatical form on 29.9.2020
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 9.12.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 2.9.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new phrase on 17.8.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 17.8.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 17.8.2019
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 17.8.2019
  • Leonard Bahr root on 7.3.2018
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo fixed nesting, german translations and cb on 14.1.2018
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo residual nesting problem on 14.1.2018
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo another fix for the nesting of sense A/5/d on 14.1.2018
  • Andreas Ellwardt das zerstückelte r eli nquere repariert on 18.8.2017
  • 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
    ኀደገ, lemma contributed by Andreas Ellwardt Pietro Maria Liuzzo Leonard Bahr Magdalena Krzyżanowska to the Online Lexicon Linguae Aethiopicae, ed. Alessandro Bausi, last modified on 2022-08-08 https://betamasaheft.eu/Dillmann/lemma/Lfaee102e4ad04c2e803d7b37ebd1658b , accessed on 2024-11-15

Attestations in the Beta maṣāḥǝft corpus

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