ገይስ

ገይስ

Ge'ez

Noun

ገይስ • (gäys)

1. departure, journey, leave particularly in the morning, verbal noun of ጌሰ (gesä, “to go in the morning”)
   • 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 bägäys ʿärkətä

     I, ʾÄrkäda, today morning killed a snake.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ጌሰ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 1195–1196
• Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ጌሰ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 208b