ጸሐፈ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate to Amharic ጻፈ (ṣafä), Tigrinya ጸሓፈ (ṣäḥafä), Sabaean 𐩮𐩢𐩰 (ṣḥf), Qatabanian 𐩮𐩢𐩰 (ṣḥf). Not used in Minaean, but possibly related to Arabic صَخَفَ (ṣaḵafa, “to dig the ground”).

Verb

ጸሐፈ • (ṣäḥäfä) (prefix conjugation ይጽሐፍ (yəṣḥäf))

  1. to write
  • መጽሐፍ (mäṣḥäf)
  • መጽሐፍና (mäṣḥäfna)
  • ተጽሕፈ (täṣḥəfä)
  • አጽሐፈ (ʾäṣḥäfä)
  • ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä)
  • ጸሐፍ (ṣäḥäf)
  • ጸሓፊ (ṣäḥafi)
  • ጽሑፍ (ṣəḥuf)
  • ጽሕፈት (ṣəḥfät)

References

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