ቍርባን

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew קָרְבָּן, Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܒܳܢܳܐ, Arabic قُرْبَانٌ (qurbānun).

Noun

ቍርባን • (ḳʷərban) m (plural ቍርባናት (ḳʷərbanat))

1. sacrifice, offering, burnt-offering, oblation
   • Numbers 7:10

     ወአምጽኡ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ለመድቅሐ ፡ ምሥዋዕ ፡ በዕለት ፡ እንተ ፡ ባቲ ፡ ቀብአ ፡ አምጽኡ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ቍርባኖሙ ፡ ቅድመ ፡ ምሥዋዕ ።

     wäʾämṣəʾu mälaʾkət lämädḳəḥä məśwaʿ bäʿlät ʾəntä bati ḳäbʾä ʾämṣəʾu mälaʾkət ḳʷərbanomu ḳədmä məśwaʿ .

     Now the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed; so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

   • Genesis 8:20

     ወነደቀ ፡ ኖኅ ፡ ምሥዋዐ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ወነሥአ ፡ እምነ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ዘንጹሕ ፡ ወአዕረገ ፡ ቍርባነ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምሥዋዑ ።

     wänädäḳä noḫ məśwaʿä läʾgəziʾäbḥer wänäśʾä ʾəmnä ʾənsəsa wäkʷlo zänṣuḥ wäʾäʿrägä ḳʷərbanä dibä məśwaʿu .

     Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

2. (Christianity) the eucharist, the eucharistic bread

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ቍርባን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 427