ፃፄ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Inconclusively connected to Arabic سُوس (sūs, “moth, worm”). Ge'ez ዕፄ (ʿəṣ́e) also has this meaning but compares to عُثَّة (ʕuṯṯa). Compare Ge'ez ጻጹት (ṣaṣut, “gnat; red ant”).

Noun

ፃፄ • (ṣ́aṣ́e)

1. moth; worm

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ፃፄ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1337
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ፃፄ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 148a