ዐርክት

Ge'ez

FWOTD – 16 July 2022

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕæɾɨkt/

Noun

ዐርክት • (ʿärəkt) (male ዐርክ (ʿärk), and ዓርክ (ʿark), male plural ዐርካን (ʿärkan), female plural ዐርካት (ʿärkat), common plural አዕርክት (ʾäʿrəkt))

  1. female friend
  2. (euphemistic) snake
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Band 4. Sabaische, griechische und altabessinische Inschriften, Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 69 Nr. 63:
      አነ አርከዳ ቀተልኩ በገይስ ዐርክተ
      ʾänä ʾärkäda ḳätälku bä-gäys ʿärəktä
      I, ʾÄrkäda, today morning killed a snake.

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