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 (ṣuwāʿ, “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