ሐሊብ

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Ge'ez

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-.

Noun

ሐሊብ (ḥälib?

  1. milk
Declension

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

ሐሊብ (ḥälib)

  1. Aleppo

References

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-.

Noun

ሐሊብ (ḥälib) (plural ሐላይብ (ḥälayəb))

  1. milk
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 167 Nr. 237 line 19:
      ትምባክ፡ፈቴ፡አቡካ፡ምን፡ሐሊብማ፡ወእክል።
      təmbak-fätte-ʾäbuka-mən-ḥälibma-wä-ʾəkəl.
      Tobacco thy father loves more than milk and than cereal.
      translated into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 353

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሐሊብ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 54b