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Ge'ez
Etymology
Inconclusively connected to Arabic عُثَّة (ʕuṯṯa). Ge'ez ፃፄ (ṣ́aṣ́e) also has this meaning but compares to سُوس (sūs).
Noun
ዕፄ • (ʿəṣ́e) m or f (plural ዕፄያት (ʿəṣ́eyat), and ዕፀያት (ʿəṣ́äyat)) (singulative and collective)
- moth; worm
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ዕፄ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 1026–1027
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ዕፄ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57b