ምሕከ፡ mǝḥka I,1 ይምሕክ፡ , ይምሐክ፡ «être clémentfr, être humainfr, être douxfr» ― ራራ፡ Ms. BNFabb217, fol. 34v.
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መሀከ mahaka , ምህከ mǝhka , (, ) መሐከ maḥaka , ምሕከ mǝḥka (yǝmhak) have regard foren, pityen, have pityen, treat with considerationen, be compassionateen, be sparingen, spareen, take care ofen, saveen, refrainen, witholden, () estimateen, appraiseen (could possibly go back to the meaning ‘spare’) 333b
ምሕከ፡ mǝḥka I,1 ይምሕክ፡ , ይምሐክ፡ «être clémentfr, être humainfr, être douxfr» ― ራራ፡ Ms. BNFabb217, fol. 34v.
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መሀከ mahaka , ምህከ mǝhka , (, ) መሐከ maḥaka , ምሕከ mǝḥka (yǝmhak) have regard foren, pityen, have pityen, treat with considerationen, be compassionateen, be sparingen, spareen, take care ofen, saveen, refrainen, witholden, () estimateen, appraiseen (could possibly go back to the meaning ‘spare’) 333b
ሂ፡ enclictic particleencl. particle
ሂ hi alsoen, anden, furtheren, evenen, the veryen, for one’s parten (e.g. አነሂ ʾana-hi I, for my parten);
is attached to መኑ mannu , ምንት mǝnt , አይቴ ʾayte ( መኑሂ mannu-hi , ምንትሂ mǝntǝ-hi , አይቴሂ ʾayte-hi ), mostly in negative sentences; it expresses the indefinite ‘no one, nothing, nowhere’;
it is combined with እመ- ʾǝmma- in እመሂ ʾǝmma-hi thoughen, even thoughen;
እመ...ወለእመሂ ʾǝmma…walaʾǝmma-hi either … oren; እመሂ...ወእመሂ ʾǝmma-hi…waʾǝmma-hi either … oren;
in the meaning ‘and’ it can be repeated, as in አነሂ፡ወውእቱሂ ʾana-hi wawǝʾǝtu-hi both I and heen, I and heen; or in -ሂ...-ኒ -hi…-ni , as in እሙንቱሂ፡ ወአቡሆሙኒ ʾǝmmuntuhi waʾabuhomuni they as well as their fatheren 213a