CDG

Leslau W. Comparative Dictionary of Geʕez (Classical Ethiopic). Wiesbaden, 1987.

Realizations (162)

Shift	Language	Lexeme	Source		Target	Page
#2186	Geez	ṭayyaqa	observe, look at	—	beware	600
#2888	Tigrinya	mäggäbä	to feed, to nourish	→	to steer, be a steward, direct, manage, administer	331
#3438	Geez	rətuʕ	upright, straight, straight	→	strong, tough, sturdy, robust	476
#246	Geez	gərum	wondrous, amazing, marvelous, majestic, tremendous	—	terrible, dreadful, terrifying, awesome, awful, fearful	203
#2902	Geez	zora	to go around, turn around	→	to visit	646
#2918	Ancient Hebrew	ʔaryẽ, ʔărī	lion	—	animal, wild animal, beast	40
#3515	Geez	gadām	uninhabited place, plain, field, wilderness, forest, desert	→	monastery	183
#2019	Geez	səḥta	to fall down	←	to make a mistake, err	494
#1884	Geez	ḫadaga	leave, abandon	—	allow, permit	258
#673	Geez	ḥamalmil	green, verdant	←	vegetation; vegetables, herbs, shrubs	233
#3561	Tigre	ʔərwat	female elephant	←	animal, wild animal, beast	40
#1993	Geez	gaṣṣ	face	—	way, direction	205
#3548	Geez	ʔaʕrafa	to rest, find rest, come to rest, be at ease, find relief	→	a measure of length	69
#184	Geez	sakaba, sakba	to sleep	→	to lie (with a woman)	496
#2880	Geez	ḳaṭṭin	fine, thin	—	small	453
#724	Geez	ḥəḍn	cavity	→	armpit	226
#1466	Geez	gaṣṣ	face	—	means	205
#1382	Geez	dawal	boundary, border, frontier, limit	—	region, territory, district, area	145
#3598	Geez	ratʕa	to be (become) straigth, be straightened	→	to be successful, prosper, be proper	475
#982	Ancient Hebrew	ʔmr (qal)	to speak	—	to show	25
#1434	Geez	ḳʷarnanaʕāt, ḳʷarnānəʕāt, ḳʷanānaʕāt, ḳarnanāʕ	frog	—	snail	442
#2630	Geez	ḥaḳl	field, plain, desert	→	barbarian, savage	239
#821	Akkadian	arḳu (warḳu)	yellow, green	→	gold	618
#3576	Geez	ḥəḍn	bosom	—	lap	226
#545	Geez	fadaya	to pay back, pay a debt	→	to repay, pay a penalty	155
#2602	Geez	ʔaṭfǝʔa	to extinguish, put out	→	to lay waste, destroy	587
#823	Ancient Hebrew	dḳḳ	grind	—	small	140
#1017	Geez	rətuʕ	upright, straight	→	just, right, righteous, honest	476
#1451	Geez	falag	river	—	valley	159
#3411	Amharic	məraḳ	saliva, spittle	→	to bless, give benediction	617-18
#1756	Geez	ṣalʔa	to hate	→	enemy	554
#1245	Geez	faṭana	to be swift, fast	—	to be intelligent, understanding, knowing	171
#1465	Geez	gaṣṣ	face	—	surface	205
#68	Geez	ṣəbāḥ	morning, early morning, daybreak	→	tomorrow	545
#2601	Geez	ṭafʔa	to be extinguished, be put out (light)	→	to be blotted out, cease, be lost, disappear, vanish	587
#761	Geez	ḥabala	to tie, to plait	—	to lie, to deceive	223
#741	Geez	batr	branch, shoot, stick, rod, scepter, stave	—	tribe, race	112
#752	Geez	ṣora	to carry	—	to bear	567
#759	Geez	ʔankolala	to spin, to roll	→	to feel dizzy	283
#756	Geez	nabara	to sit (down)	—	to live, to dwell	383
#757	Geez	səḥta	lose (the way), get lost	—	make a mistake, err	494
#757	Geez	gegaya	to go astray, go wrong	→	to err	185
#758	Geez	malʔa	to fill, to be full	—	to be completed, fulfilled	342
#763	Geez	maḍiḍ	sour	—	angry	330-331
#764	Geez	marir	bitter	—	sad	360
#13	Geez	ḫʷallaḳʷa	count, number, enumerate	—	take account, review, impute, consider	261
#384	Geez	ḥawwaṣa	to look on, peep, observe	→	to look after, take care of, be solicitous	250
#762	Geez	ṭəʕma, ṭaʕama	to taste, to be sweet	—	to feel, to experience	582
#768	Amharic	näč̣č̣	white	—	to be clean	405
#766	Geez	ṣāʕdā, ṣaʕadā, ḍaʕadā	shining	←	white	542
#61	Geez	rətuʕ	upright, straight	→	true, correct, orthodox	476
#770	Geez	ṭamʕa	to soak	—	to paint, to dye	592
#749	Geez	nafsa	to blow (wind)	—	to breathe, to inhale	389
#40	Geez	rakaba	to find, get, acquire	—	to meet one another	469
#2877	Geez	gabʔa	to return, leave, turn back, come back	→	to become	176
#10	Geez	ʔanbaba	utter a sound, proclaim, chant	—	read, recite	383
#5	Geez	maṣʔa	to come	→	to find	370
#780	Geez	kʷannana	to judge, to sentence	—	to rule	287
#1167	Geez	rəʕda	tremble, quake	—	shudder	459
#783	Geez	noma	to sleep	—	to die	409
#784	Geez	maʕar	honey	—	sweet, sweet-tasting, honey-sweet	327
#1392	Geez	gaṣṣ	face	—	page	205
#787	Geez	ləmuṣ	soft	—	smooth, slippery	316
#789	Geez	ṣənuʕ	hard, solid	←	strong, firm, steadfast, mighty, powerful	559
#789	Geez	ḫayyāl	hard	←	'strong, powerful, mighty, prevailing'	269
#2591	Geez	fatḥa	to open	←	to loosen, untie, unfasten	170
#1403	Classical Arabic	عَقَبَ ʕaḳaba	to come after, to follow, to succeed	—	to guard, to watch	66
#483	Geez	ʔaf	mouth	→	border, edge	8
#3498	Geez	ʔaʕrafa	rest, find rest, come to rest, be at ease	→	cease	69
#2011	Geez	ʔaʕrafa	to rest, find rest, come to rest, be at ease, find relief	→	to die	69
#1211	Geez	ṣamʔa	to be thirsty	→	to desire	557
#3513	Geez	ḫalḳa	to be consumed, be wasted, perish, cease, disappear, come to an end	→	to be decided upon, be determined	261
#955	Geez	bǝḥer	region, province, district	→	nation	91
#868	Geez	karś	belly, stomach, womb	→	inside	294
#2217	Tigre	ṣar	friend	—	enemy	152
#3494	Geez	ʔəgʷalt	calf, heifer	→	the young of any animal, fowl, or human, child, offspring, progeny	11
#2935	Geez	ḳədəw	that has a good smell, sweet-smelling	→	pure, clear, neat, tidy, excellent, precious, choicest	423
#2900	Geez	səḥta	make a mistake, err	—	sin, do wrong	494
#1779	Geez	nəwāy	vessel	→	possessions	410
#3593	Geez	ḳadama	to go before, come before, precede	→	to go forward, to go on	421
#3591	Geez	ḳadama	to go before, come before, precede	→	first	421
#2901	Geez	səḥta	to miss (a target, an aim)	—	to make a mistake, error	494
#3495	Geez	samʕa	to hear	→	to be a witness, to testify	501
#2936	Geez	ṣeʔa	to have a bad smell, stink	—	to rot, putrefy	567
#5067	Geez	daḳiḳ	child, son; children (coll.)	—	servant	140
#933	Geez	bəʔsi	man	→	husband	83
#2876	Geez	ləhiḳ	grown-up, adult, old, old man, senior	→	chief, senior, elder	309, 317
#2086	Geez	baʕala bet	head of household	→	husband	83, 116
#1005	Geez	rəʔs	head	→	chief (leader)	459
#1367	Tigre	ḥamḳa	to be weak, to pine away	—	to be foolish, stupid	234
#2932	Classical Arabic	ذِئْب ḏiʔb-	wolf; jackal	→	hyena	630
#2529	Amharic	hayḳ	lake	—	shore, seashore	251
#57	Tigrinya	ḳolʕa	child, kid, infant	—	servant, domestic	426
#2587	Geez	ʕǝṣub	hard, harsh, difficult, troublesome	—	difficult to perceive, inconceivable, marvelous, astonishing	74
#966	Geez	bəʔsit	woman	→	wife	83
#774	Geez	ʔaʔmara	to know	→	to have sexual relations	25
#1793	Geez	bəʔəsi	man, male, husband	—	to be brave, courageous, audacious	83
#368	Geez	fahara	to dig, dig up	—	to bury	157
#113	Geez	gadafa	to throw	→	to leave, to neglect, abandon	181
#3501	Geez	nagar	speech, talk, word, language	→	thing, affair	392
#2900	Geez	gegaya	err	→	go wrong, sin, deal wrongfully, deceive, beguile	185
#1381	Geez	dəngāg	bank of a river, seashore	—	edge, border, boundary, margin	137
#3501	Geez	ḳāl	word, word, saying, speech	→	thing	426
#2641	Geez	ʔaṣbāʕ(ə)t	finger, toe	→	kind of measure	45
#3553	Geez	kabd	liver	→	belly	283
#2256	Geez	ḥənbərt	navel	→	middle, center	236
#2675	Geez	ṣarḫa	cry, cry out, shout	→	to call, to cry	563
#1763	Geez	ʔaʔmara	to know	—	sign, signal, mark, notice, token	25
#2953	Geez	haf	heat	—	sweat	215
#2174	Geez	farha	to be afraid, fear	→	to revere	165-166
#591	Geez	bet	house, room, lodging	→	family, household, generation, clan	116
#1425	Geez	samāʕt	witness	—	martyr	501
#1069	Geez	ṭayyaḳa	observe, look at, contemplate	→	to know exactly, be certain, ascertain	600
#3554	Geez	ḥora	go, go forth, proceed	→	have secual intercourse	249
#9	Geez	ḫaśaśa	seek, look for	→	study, pursue diligently, desire, wish	266
#3514	Geez	dabr	mountain	→	convent, monastery	121
#1411	Geez	tāḥtāy	lower, inferior	—	humble, humiliated	572
#2936	Geez	fəgug	foul, fetid, rank	—	to putrify, to rot	156
#2881	Akkadian	ebû	to be thick	→	to be great, big, large	55
#3546	Geez	bəḥer	region, province, district, country	→	part of a text, individual bood of a collection	91
#2237	Geez	ḥamalmil	green	→	brown (leather)	233
#8586	Geez	ʔəmməḥew	grandfather	—	maternal uncle	23
#3977	Geez	ḳanʔa	to be envious	—	to be zealous, be eager	433
#5409	Geez	ḥamad	ashes	—	dust	231
#5623	Geez	ṭəlul	wet	—	fat (adj.) (of food)	591
#2232	Tigrinya	ḥəmmaḳ̌	ugly	←	bad	234
#3573	Geez	ṣarāˁt	loins	—	thigh, groin	563
#3596	Geez	lǝssān	tongue (body part)	→	peninsula	318
#1967	Geez	ḫalafa	to pass by	→	to pass (of time)	260
#745	Geez	ṭafˀa	to be lost, to disappear	—	to perish	587
#1118	Geez	ṣəfr	fingernail	—	claw	549
#2603	Geez	ḳoma	to stand	→	to stop (intr.)	455
#1104	Geez	faṣṣama	to complete, to finish, to fulfill	—	to kill, to slaughter	169
#2969	Classical Arabic	faṭina (فَطِنَ)	to be intelligent, sagacious	—	to be fast, be swift	171
#2049	Geez	fatḥa	to open (tr.)	→	to decide, to solve	170
#8022	Arabic	قَمَر qamar-	moon	→	to count, compute, number, divide	432
#8024	Geez	maraṭa	to choose	—	to be shining	361
#8147	Geez	bənt	daughter	→	pupil of the eye, eyeball (lit. 'daughter of the eye')	99
#8147	Amharic	bərät	daughter	→	pupil (of an eye)	99
#5224	Geez	wald	son; boy	—	child	613
#102	Geez	barra	to purify, to make white	→	silver	106
#7146	Akkadian	paṭāru	to untie (a bandage); to release (cattle); to remove; to disperse, dissolve, to split	—	to create	171
#840	Geez	dabr	mountain	—	forest	121
#8713	Classical Arabic	ḥanak-	palate, soft palate	→	to munch, to chew, to eat	237
#3544	Geez	ḳərnəb, ḳarnəb, ḳarnab	eyelash, eyelid	→	top of an ear of corn	442
#9018	Akkadian	akālu	to eat	—	corn, cereals, fodder, product of the field	15
#869	Ancient Hebrew	ḥām	to be hot	—	to be ill	233
#8457	Geez	ˀarˁut	yoke	—	bride	356, 459
#9162	Geez	fatawa	to desire, to love; to covet, to lust for	—	to entice, to seduce	171
#9165	Classical Arabic	فَتًى fataⁿ	youth; young man, one in the prime of life	—	to desire; to covet, lust for	171
#9376	Geez	selami	peace	→	greeting	499
#3425	Geez	ˁarqa	be naked	—	be empty	70-71
#1381	Geez	dəngāge	coast, shore	—	edge, border	137
#3560	Geez	naṣṣara	to look, look at	→	opposite, facing, across from, against	406
#548	Geez	ṣabba	to be narrow, be compressed (for)	→	narrow pass, narrow place; difficult situation, straits	545
#8181	Geez	ṣabba	to be narrow, be compressed	→	anguish	545
#1786	Geez	ṣabba	to be narrow, be compressed	→	oppression	545
#1774	Geez	kənf (ክንፍ)	wing	→	border	287
#10528	Geez	ḥora	to go, go forth; to depart	→	to have sexual intercourse	249
#10610	Geez	ṣaḥafa	to write	—	clay tag with a seal impression or a short inscription, sealed letter	552
#1926	Geez	ḥamaḳa	to be stupid, foolish	←	to be humiliated, despised, bad	234
#2232	Geez	ḥaśama	to be foul, deformed, ugly	←	to be bad, evil, wicked	246