ጽዋዕ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic. Cognate with Aramaic צעא / ܨܳܥܳܐ (ṣaʿā, “bowl”), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎓 (ṣʿ, “platter”).

Noun

ጽዋዕ • (ṣəww؜āʿ) m (plural ጽዋዓት (ṣəwwaʿat))

cup, chalice, goblet

Descendants

Tigre: ጽዋእ (ṣəwaʾ, “a cubic measure; bowl”)
Tigrinya: ጽዋዕ (ṣəwaʿ, “bowl”)
→ Arabic: صُوَاع (ṣuwāʕ, “goblet”)

References

Dillmann, August (1865) “ጽዋዕ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1302
Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ጽዋዕ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 566a

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