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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). From same root as በረከከ (bäräkäkä, “kneel”), ተንበረከከ (tänbäräkäkä, “kneel”). Cognate with Tigrinya ተምበርከኸ (tämbärkäxä, “kneel”).
Noun
ብርክ • (bərk) ?
- knee
- Synonym: ጉልበት (gulbät)
References
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). Cognate with Amharic ብርክ (bərk, “knee”), Tigrinya ብርኪ (bərki, “knee”).
Noun
ብርክ • (bərk) m or f
- knee
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ብርክ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
- Dillmann, August (1866) Chrestomathia Aethiopica edita et glossario explanata (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, page 212
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ብርክ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 105