ርግብ
Amharic
editEtymology 1
editAkin to Tigre እርግብ (ʾərgəb), Tigrinya ርግቢ (rəgbi), Ge'ez ርግብ (rəgb),
Alternative forms
edit- እርግብ (ʾərgəb)
Noun
editርግብ • (rəgb) ?
Etymology 2
editOf the same root as ረገበ (rägäbä), ረገበ (räggäbä, “to become loose or slack; to be gentle; to flutter the wings”), probably from the name of the dove.
Alternative forms
edit- እርግብ (ʾərgəbb)
Adjective
editርግብ • (rəgəbb)
References
edit- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 414a–416a
Ge'ez
editEtymology
editAkin to Tigre እርግብ (ʾərgəb), Tigrinya ርግቢ (rəgbi), Amharic ርግብ (rəgb).
Noun
editርግብ • (rəgb) f or m (plural አርጋብ (ʾärgab))
References
edit- Dillmann, August (1865) “ርግብ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 316–317
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 464a