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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...

, rarius ገዐዘ፡ ( Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 10,33 ; Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 33,11 F; Regum liber biblicum IV.4 Reg. 19,36 ), etiam per , [cui Lud. et Ges. in thes. جاز composuerunt; adde جَزَعَ ; potestas radicis prima in abscidendolavel abrumpendolafuisse videtur] SubjunctivusSubj. ይግዐዝ፡
1)castra moverela, proficiscila, migrarela, cumc. እምነ፡ loci unde et ውስተ፡ loci quorsum pergitur: Genesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 12,8 ; Genesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 26,21 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 12,37 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 14,10 ; Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 40,30 ; Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 10,6 ( ለግዒዝ፡ ); Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 10,33 ; Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 33,3 sequensseq.; Deuteronomium.Deut. 1,19 ; Deuteronomium.Deut. 1,40 ; Josuae liber.Jos. 3,3 ; Kufâle sive Liber Jubilaeorum Aethiopice, ed. A. Dillmann 1859. 4°; citantur capita libri; nonnumquam, praemisso p., paginae.Kuf. 16 ; Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 37,8 ; ግዕዙ፡ አሕዛብኪ፡ ውስተ፡ አድባር፡ Nahum.Nah. 3,18 ; Ezrae et Nehemiae libri canonici.2 Esr. 8,31 ; ከመ፡ ይግዐዙ፡ ( ውስተ፡ ) ቤጤልዋ፡ Judith liber apocryphus.Judith 7,1 ; Judith liber apocryphus.Judith 7,17 .
a)castra metarila, στρατοπεδεύειν Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 24,2 ; Proverbiorum liber biblicus.Prov. 4,15 (coll. Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 14,10 ; Deuteronomium.Deut. 1,40 , ubi Hebr. quidem נסע , Graecus autem στρατοπεδεύειν habet).
b)migrarelavel excederelae vita: በዋዕየ፡ እሳት፡ እምዓለም፡ ግዕዘ፡ Encomia Synaxarii, Actis singulorum dierum addita; citantur secundum menses et dies: TahsasSx. Tachs. 21 Enc.; ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ሙታን፡ ግዕዘ፡ not able to find explanation in abbreviation listSx. Jac. 8 Enc.
2)liberum fierila, manumittila, libertatem adipiscila, de servis: ἐξελεύσεται Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 21,4 cumc.annotatioann.; ግዕዝክሙ፡ እምግብርናት፡ Didascalia Apostolorum; numerus significat capita.Did. 33 ; ገብር፡ ለእመ፡ ግዕዘ፡ እምግብርናቲሁ፡ Josippon vel Pseudojosephus, Josephi Ben Gorion Historia Judaeorum.Jsp. p. 381 ; ይግዐዝ፡ ገብር፡ እምእግዚኡ፡ F.N. 31; de uxore: marito mortuo ትግዕዝ፡ F.N. 24,5.
I,1[proprie: dissecarela, deinde: separarela; conferascfr. בִּצַּע בְּצַּע بَضَعَ ; بَعَّضَ divisitla, partitus fuitla; ٱنْفَازَ separatus fuitla, تَفَاوَصَ idemid.] ut videtur decernerelaProverbiorum liber biblicus.Prov. 16,30 varia lectiovar. n. 539
vel በፅዐ፡ I,1[vis radicis prima est in secandola, abscidendola( בָּצַע , بَضَعَ al., videasvid. sub ቤጸ፡ ); hincderivatur significatus secernendila, decernendila, definiendila(cfr. significatones radicum גָּזַר גְּזַר גָּדַד ); amharice occurrunt quaedam derivata) SubjunctivusSubj. ይብጻዕ፡
1)definirela, aestimarelapretium rei ( τιμήσεται ) Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 27,12 ; Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 27,14 ; nescio an eodem modo exponendus sit locus: ለእመ፡ ኢበጻዕኩ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም፡ በቀዳሜ፡ ትፍሥሕትየ፡ ἐὰν μὴ προανατάξωμαι τὴν I ερουσαλημ , si nonlalocum costituerolaHierosolymislainlavel ab initio gaudii meilaPsalmi, ex editione Ludolfi.Ps. 136,8 .
2)in specie: separare aliquid in Dei usum (cfr. ዘበፅዐ፡ ብፅዐተ፡ ἀφαιρῶν ἀφαίρεμα Exodus, liber Pentateuchi.Ex. 35,24 ) vel praefinire aliquid Deo sacrum i.e. voverelaGenesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 28,20 ; እንበለ፡ ትብጻዕ፡ አስተዳሉ፡ በጽዓቲከ፡ Liber Siracidae (Ecclesiasticus).Sir. 18,23 ; cumc. ለ፡ Dei: Psalmi, ex editione Ludolfi.Ps. 75,11 ; Psalmi, ex editione Ludolfi.Ps. 131,2 ; Ezrae et Nehemiae libri canonici.2 Esr. 3,5 ; በጻዕከ፡ ሊተ፡ ብጽዓተ፡ Genesis liber Pentateuchi.Gen. 31,13 ; Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 27,2 ; ዘአዕበየ፡ በጺዐ፡ ብጽዓተ፡ Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 6,2 ; Numeri, liber Pentateuchi.Num. 30,3 sequensseq.; Deuteronomium.Deut. 23,22 ; Judicum liber.Jud. 11,30 ; Regum liber biblicum II.2 Reg. 15,7 ; 2 Reg, 15,8; Jesaiae prophetia.Jes. 19,21 ; Jeremiae prophetia.Jer. 51,25 ; Jonae prophetia.Jon. 1,16 ; cumc.Acc.rei: Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 22,18 ; Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 22,21 ; Leviticus, liber Pentateuchi.Lev. 27,14 sequensseq.; ዘበጽዐት፡ ርእሳ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ F.M. 6,12; sequensseq.SubjunctivusSubj.verbi: በጻዕነ፡ ንጹም፡ Ezrae liber apocryphus (Graecus)1 Esr. 8,49 ; በጻዕከ፡ ትሕንጽ፡ Ezrae liber apocryphus (Graecus)1 Esr. 4,45 ; vel sequensseq. ከመ፡ cumc.SubjunctivusSubj.: ብእሲት፡ ዘበጽዐት፡ ከመ፡ ኢትትወሰብ፡ F.M. 5,16.