በለስ
Amharic
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs)
- fig
- prickly pear
- Synonyms: ቁልቋል (ḳulḳʷal), ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳʷal bäläs)
- 2019 July 25, “ቁልቋል በለስ የሚበላ እና የሚጠጣ [ḳulḳʷal bäläs yämibäla ʾəna yämiṭäṭa]”, in Ethio On Line[1], archived from the original on 15 February 2020:
Ge'ez
Etymology
See also Arabic بَلَس (balas, “fig”), a Yemenite word.
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs) m or f (plural በለሳት (bäläsat), and አብላስ (ʾäblas))
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “በለስ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 487
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 97a
Tigre
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs) (noun of unity በለሰት (bäläsät), plural አበል̄ስ (ʾäbälləs))
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “በለስ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)[2], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 270a
Tigrinya
Noun
በለስ • (bäläs)