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Amharic
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs)
- fig
- prickly pear
- Synonyms: ቁልቋል (ḳulḳʷal), ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳʷal bäläs)
2019 July 25, “ቁልቋል በለስ የሚበላ እና የሚጠጣ [ḳulḳʷal bäläs yämibäla ʾəna yämiṭäṭa]”, in Ethio On Line, archived from the original on 15 February 2020:
Ge'ez
Etymology
See also Arabic بَلَس (balas, “fig”), a Yemenite word.
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs) m or f (plural በለሳት (bäläsat), and አብላስ (ʾäblas))
- fig, also sycomore (fruit and tree)
References
Tigre
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs) (noun of unity በለሰት (bäläsät), plural አበል̄ስ (ʾäbälləs))
- fig
- prickly pear
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “በለስ”, 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 270a
Tigrinya
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs)
- fig
- prickly pear