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Ge'ez
Etymology
Compare Ge'ez ፃፄ (ṣ́aṣ́e, “moth, worm”), which is inconclusively connected to Arabic سُوس (sūs, “moth, worm”).
Noun
ጻጹት • (ṣaṣut) m or f (singulative and collective)
- gnat
- red ant
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ጻጹት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1319
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ፃፁት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1337
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ጻጹት”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 564b