ጽላተ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic صلع, Hebrew צְלָעוֹת.

Noun

ጽላተ • (ṣəlatä) m or f (plural ጽላት (ṣəlat))

1. baldness
2. that on which something is written, tablet, stele, slab
   • Exodus 32:16

     ወጽላቶን ፡ ግብረተ ፡ እግዚእ ፡ እማንቱ ፡ ወጽሕፈቶንሂ ፡ ጽሕፈተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ግሉፍ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጽሌሁ ።

     wäṣlaton gəbrätä ʾəgziʾ ʾəmantu wäṣḥəfätonhi ṣəḥfätä ʾəgziʾäbḥer wəʾtu gəluf wəstä ṣəlehu .

     The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

References

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