ነፍስ
Amharic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”). Compare, Classical Syriac ܢܦܫܐ, Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, Akkadian 𒆒 (napašu, “to breath”), 𒍣 (napištu, “life”),Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš), Ge'ez ነፍስ (näfs).
Noun edit
ነፍስ • (näfs) ?
References edit
- Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English[1], London: The Church Missionary Society, page 109b
Ge'ez edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”). Compare, Classical Syriac ܢܦܫܐ, Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, Akkadian 𒆒 (napašu, “to breath”), 𒍣 (napištu, “life”),Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš).
Noun edit
ነፍስ • (näfs) f (plural ነፍሳት (näfsat))
References edit
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ነፍስ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 707–708
Tigrinya edit
Alternative forms edit
- ነፍሲ (näfsi)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“breath, spirit”).
Noun edit
ነፍስ • (näfs)