from Amharic ብሕት፡ bǝḥt ‘only’ + ወደድ፡ waddad precise meaning unknown (‘waddad’ comes from the Amharic verb ‘waddada’ which means ‘love, like’)
ርእስ፡ rǝʾs , pluralisPl. አርእስት፡ ʾarʾǝst «têtefr, sommitéfr, cimefr, chapiteaufr, sommetfr, cheffr» ― ራስ፡ , ጫፍ፡ , አለቃ፡ Ms. BNFabb217, fol. 60r.
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ርእስ rǝʾ(ǝ)s (pluralisPl. አርእስት ʾar(ǝ)ʾǝst , pluralisPl.pluralisPl. አርእስታት ʾar(ǝ)ʾǝstāt ) headen, topen, summiten, chiefen (thing), chiefen (leader), beginningen, capitalen (of column), principalen (money), numberen, sumen, chapteren, titleen (of a book); with suffix pronouns ‘self’; e.g. ርእሱ rǝʾǝsu he himselfen, አአምር፡ ርእስየ ʾaʾammǝr rǝʾǝsǝya I know myselfen; also ‘own’ with a noun in a construct state + rǝʾǝs- with suffix pronouns; e.g. ቤተ፡ ርእሱ beta rǝʾǝsu his own houseen
ለለርእሱ lallarǝʾǝsu eachen, e.g. ለሰብአ፡ ዓለም፡ ለለርእሱ lasabʾa ʿālam lallarǝʾǝsu to each person of the worlden
ርእሰ፡ መንግሥት rǝʾǝsa mangǝśt capital cityen, head of stateen, videasvid. መንግሥት፡
ርእሰ፡ ካህናት rǝʾǝsa kāhǝnāt archpriesten, videasvid. ካህን፡
ርእሰ፡ ዲያቆናት rǝʾǝsa diyāqonāt arch deaconen, videasvid. ዲያቆን፡
ርእሰ፡ ንዋይ rǝʾǝsa nǝwāy principal of moneyen, videasvid. ንዋይ፡
ርእሰ፡ ማእዘንት rǝʾǝsa māʾǝzant cornerstoneen, videasvid. ማእዝን፡
አርእስት፡ ʾar(ǝ)ʾǝst indexen
አርእስተ፡ ነገር ʾar(ǝ)ʾǝsta nagar topicsen, table of contentsen, videasvid. ነገር፡
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ርእሰ፡ ሀገር rǝʾsa hagar capitalen, videasvid. ሀገር፡ 216a
ረሰየ፡ ርእሶ rassaya rǝʾǝso he valued himselfen, he esteemed himselfen, videasvid. ረሰየ፡ 474b
አሕጸጸ፡ ርእሶ ʾaḥṣaṣa rǝʾso he humiliated himselfen, videasvid. አሕጸጸ፡ 247b
ርእሰ፡ ምርፋቅ፡ rǝʾǝsa mǝrfāq seat at the head of a tableen, videasvid. ምርፋቅ፡ 463b