ዘነብ

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Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏanab- (tail).

Noun

ዘነብ (zänäb) (plural አዝናብ (ʾäznab))

  1. tail

Descendants

  • Amharic: ዘነብ (zänäb), ዘለብ (zäläb) (learned)
  • Tigrinya: ዘነብ (zänäb) (learned)

References

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏanab- (tail).

Noun

ዘነብ (zänäb) (plural ዘነንብ (zännänəb), and አዘንብ (ʾäzännəb), and አዘንብት (ʾäzännəbt))

  1. tail

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዘነብ”, 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 500b
  • Munzinger, Werner (1865) “ዘነብ”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, page 58
  • Raz, Shlomo (1983) Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, pages 20, 24

Tigrinya

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ዘነብ (zänäb)

Noun

ዘነብ (zänäb)

  1. tail
    Synonym: ጭራ (č̣əra)