ሣሬት
Ge'ez
Alternative forms
- ሳሬት (saret) – late spelling
Etymology
A Cushitic borrowing. Blin saariro, Qimant saari, Awngi sheraani, Oromo sarariitii.
Noun
ሣሬት • (śaret)
- spider
- cobweb
Derived terms
- ሠረየ (śäräyä, “to weave”)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ሣሬት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 245
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 535a–b