Words
A small vocabulary, growing. Each word carries its meaning, the root it is built on where that is clear, and its letters broken out one by one. Words sharing a root link to each other, which is the quickest way to see how Gəʿəz builds a vocabulary out of three consonants.
- ሰላም sälam peace, wellbeing, greeting noun
- ቃል qal word, voice, speech noun
- መጽሐፍ mäṣḥaf book, writing, scripture noun
- ንጉሥ nəguś king noun
- ሀገር hägär city, region, land noun
- ብእሲ bəʾsi man, husband noun
- ሰብእ säbʾ person, people, humankind noun
- ማይ may water noun
- ሰማይ sämay heaven, sky noun
- ምድር mədr earth, land, ground noun
- ብርሃን bərhan light noun
- ልብ ləbb heart, mind noun
- ቤት bet house noun
- አብ ʾab father noun
- ወልድ wäld son, child noun
- ዓመት ʿamät year noun
- ወርኅ wärḫ month, moon noun
- ዕለት ʿəlät day noun
- ኮከብ kokäb star noun
- ሕይወት ḥəywät life noun
- ጸሐፈ ṣäḥafä to write, to inscribe verb
- ነገረ nägärä to speak, to tell verb
- ነገር nägär thing, matter, affair noun
- ነግሠ nägśä to reign, to become king verb
- ኮነ konä to be, to become, to happen verb
- ገብረ gäbrä to do, to make verb
- ሰምዐ sämʿa to hear, to listen verb
- ርእየ rəʾyä to see, to look verb
- መጽአ mäṣʾa to come, to arrive verb
- ወሀበ wähabä to give verb
- ቀደሰ qäddäsä to sanctify, to hallow verb
- ሐይወ ḥaywä to live, to be well verb
- ቅዱስ qəddus holy, sanctified adjective
- ዐቢይ ʿabiy great, large adjective
- ሠናይ śännay good, beautiful adjective
- ርእስ rəʾs head, top, chief noun
- እድ ʾəd hand, arm noun
- እግር ʾəgr foot, leg noun
- ዐይን ʿayn eye, spring of water noun
- አፍ ʾaf mouth noun
- ደም däm blood noun
- ነፍስ näfs soul, life, self noun
- እሳት ʾəsat fire noun
- ወይን wäyn wine, vine noun
- ገነት gännät garden, paradise noun
- ሞት mot death noun
- ጊዜ gize time, hour noun
- ፀሐይ ḍäḥay sun noun
- ወ wä and particle
- ኢ ʾi not particle
- ሖረ ḥorä to go, to walk verb
- ቆመ qomä to stand, to stop verb
- ነበረ näbärä to sit, to dwell, to remain verb
- በልዐ bälʿa to eat verb
- ሰትየ sätyä to drink verb
- ወፅአ wäḍʾa to go out, to depart verb
- ቦአ boʾa to enter, to go in verb
- ወረደ wärädä to descend, to come down verb
- ዐርገ ʿargä to ascend, to go up verb
- ሞተ motä to die verb
- ወለደ wälädä to beget, to bear a child verb
- ጸለየ ṣälläyä to pray verb
- ፈቀደ fäqädä to wish, to want verb
- ኀደገ ḫadägä to leave, to forsake verb
- ነሥአ näśʾa to take, to receive verb
- ጸውዐ ṣäwʿa to call, to summon verb
- ጸሎት ṣälot prayer noun
- መልአክ mälʾak angel, messenger noun
- ነቢይ näbiy prophet noun
- ካህን kahən priest noun
- ሐዋርያ ḥawarya apostle noun
- ሰማዕት sämaʿt martyr, witness noun
- ገብር gäbr servant, slave noun
- መስቀል mäsqäl cross noun
- ጾም ṣom fast, fasting noun
- በዓል bäʿal feast, festival noun
- ሕግ ḥəgg law, statute noun
- ኪዳን kidan covenant, testament noun
- ጽድቅ ṣədq righteousness, truth noun
- ጻድቅ ṣadəq righteous, just adjective
- ኀጢአት ḫaṭiʾat sin noun
- ምሕረት məḥrät mercy, compassion noun
- ክብር kəbr glory, honour noun
- ኀይል ḫayl power, strength, army noun
- ብሔር bəḥer country, region noun
- ደብር däbr mountain noun
- ባሕር baḥr sea, lake noun
- ፍኖት fənot way, road, path noun
- ሥጋ śəga flesh, body noun
- ልሳን ləsan tongue, language noun
- እዝን ʾəzn ear noun
- ገጽ gäṣṣ face, surface noun
- ስም səm name noun
- እብን ʾəbn stone noun
- ኅብስት ḫəbəst bread, loaf noun
- ብዙኅ bəzuḫ many, much adjective
- ሐዲስ ḥaddis new adjective
- ብሉይ bəluy old, worn adjective
- ኵሉ kʷəllu all, every, the whole adjective
- አሐዱ ʾaḥadu one adjective
- ክልኤቱ kəlʾetu two adjective
- ሠለስቱ śälästu three adjective