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Below very few examples.

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* *custodir* add wildcards to unlimit your string search
? custodir? Will find any match for the position with the question mark.
~ ምሕረትከ~ Will make a fuzzy search. you can decide also how much fuzzy, by saying for example ምሕረትከ~0.9 which will match only 90% similar terms.
"" "ምሕረትከ፡ ይትኖለወኒ፡" Will find the exact string contained between quotes.
() (verbo OR notionem) AND ይትኖለወኒ Will find one of the two between brackets and the other string.

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If you want to transcribe some fidal into latin or update your transcription, you can have a go with our transcription tools.

If you are using the keyboard provided, please note that there are four layers, the normal one and those activated by Shift, Alt, Alt+Shift.

Normal and Shift contain mainly Fidal. Alt and Alt-Shift diacritics.

To enter letters in Fidal and the diacritics with this keyboard, which is independent of your local input selection, you can use two methods.

Orthographic variants of the Ethiopic language are searched as a standard if not otherwise specified. The following are the options considered by the search engine.

  • 's','s', 'ḍ'
  • 'e','ǝ','ə','ē'
  • 'w','ʷ'
  • 'ʾ', 'ʿ'
  • '`', 'ʾ', 'ʿ' (note that you can use the tick if you are not sure about the two, but none will be inferred for you)
  • 'ሀ', 'ሐ', 'ኀ', 'ሃ', 'ሓ', 'ኃ'
  • 'ሀ', 'ሐ', 'ኀ'
  • 'ሁ', 'ሑ', 'ኁ'
  • 'ሂ', 'ሒ', 'ኂ'
  • 'ሄ', 'ሔ', 'ኄ'
  • 'ህ', 'ሕ', 'ኅ'
  • 'ሆ', 'ሖ', 'ኆ'
  • 'ሠ','ሰ'
  • 'ሡ','ሱ'
  • 'ሢ','ሲ'
  • 'ሣ','ሳ'
  • 'ሥ','ስ'
  • 'ሦ','ሶ'
  • 'ሤ','ሴ'
  • 'ጸ', 'ፀ'
  • 'ጹ', 'ፁ'
  • 'ጺ', 'ፂ'
  • 'ጻ', 'ፃ'
  • 'ጼ', 'ፄ'
  • 'ጽ', 'ፅ'
  • 'ጾ', 'ፆ'
  • 'አ', 'ዐ', 'ኣ', 'ዓ'
  • 'ኡ', 'ዑ'
  • 'ኢ', 'ዒ'
  • 'ኤ', 'ዔ'
  • 'እ', 'ዕ'
  • 'ኦ', 'ዖ'

Some examples

  • If you search Taammera, you will not find Taʾammǝra or Taʿammera but only Taammera. Try Ta`ammera instead or use the keyboard provided to enter aleph and ayn.
  • If you are searching for Yāʿǝqob, you will not have a lot of luck searching Yaqob, unless some kind cataloguer has actually added it into the data as simplified spelling form. Try instead entering Yaqob~0.5 which is a fuzzy search, this will return also Yāʿǝqob. Also Ya`eqob is fine for example.

Keys Combinations

With this method you use keys combinations to trigger specific characters. Click here for a list of the available combos. This can be expanded, do not hesitate to ask (click here to post a new issue).

Hold and choose

If you hold a key optional values will appear in a list. You can click on the desiderd value or use arrows and enter to select it. The options are the same as those activated by combinations.

With this method you do not have to remember or lookup combos, but it does take many more clicks...

You found "Lit. Chrys." in 1390 entries!

ተረብበ

...xpandi , extendi : እምቅድመ፡ ይትረበባ፡ ሰማያት፡ Lit. Chrys. ; Lit. Diosc. ...

...i , extendi : እምቅድመ፡ ይትረበባ፡ ሰማያት፡ Lit. Chrys. ; Lit. Diosc. ...

...ndi : እምቅድመ፡ ይትረበባ፡ ሰማያት፡ Lit. Chrys. ; Lit. Diosc. ...

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ፕንዋመጦን

... πνευμάτων Lit. 158,4.

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ምእናም

.... 28,6 CG; ግብረ፡ ምእናም፡ Chrys. ho. 2; ማርያም፡ ም...

... (vid. supra sub ምሕን፡ col. 159); Lit. 170,3; Genz. f. 116; Kedr ...

.... 116; Kedr f. 30; Lit. 160,4. ...

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ስሙንጦን፡ ፕንዋመጦን

... Lit. 158,4 (σημεῖον τῶν ...

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ፅማሬ

... unio , Lit. 171,3. ...

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ተርሕበ

...ari Jer. 2,24; እምቅድመ፡ ይትረሐብ፡ ኑኀ፡ አየራት፡ Lit. Chrys.; ስፍሐ፡ ምድር፡ እምቅድመ፡ ይትረሐብ፡ M.M...

...Jer. 2,24; እምቅድመ፡ ይትረሐብ፡ ኑኀ፡ አየራት፡ Lit. Chrys.; ስፍሐ፡ ምድር፡ እምቅድመ፡ ይትረሐብ፡ M.M. f. 27...

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ስዱድ

...ሆሙ፡ ለስዱዳን፡ Kid. f. 9; Lit. 168,2; ስዱድ፡ እም...

... 20,5; F.N. 13; munere Chrys. f. 3.

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ውርዛዌ

...መዋዕለ፡ ውርዛዌ፡ Sap. 2,6; Chrys. Ta. 7; F.N. 43...

...አልቦ፡ ርሥኣነ፡ ለውርዛዌሁ፡ Lit. Epiph.; Sx. Nah. 26 ...

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ተባረጸ

...ቅድመ፡ ይትባረጹ፡ ከዋክብት፡ Lit. Chrys. – Voc. Ae.: ተባረጸ፡ ብ፡ አሸበረቀ። ...

...ይትባረጹ፡ ከዋክብት፡ Lit. Chrys. – Voc. Ae.: ተባረጸ፡ ብ፡ አሸበረቀ። ...

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አዕመቀ

... altius penetrando cogitare, Lit. Chrys., Lit. Joh.; Lit. Orth. ...

... altius penetrando cogitare, Lit. Chrys., Lit. Joh.; Lit. Orth. ...

...ltius penetrando cogitare, Lit. Chrys., Lit. Joh.; Lit. Orth. ...

...rando cogitare, Lit. Chrys., Lit. Joh.; Lit. Orth. ...

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ማሕሌታዊ

... poëta ) Chrys. Ta. 24 ( canto...

... cantor ), Chrys. Ta. 14 (σαλπιγκτής); est cognomen M...

...archangeli Rel. Bar.; Lit. 175,3; et Jaredi Musici Aeth., Sx. ...

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ጽንዐት

... n. act. duritia : ጽንዐተ፡ ልብ፡ Chrys. ho. 6. firmitas : ጽንዐተ፡ ሥርው፡ Lu...

...io , corroboramentum , robur , vis , Lit. 167,1; Lit. 169,2; ጽንዐተ፡ (v. ጽንዐ፡) ...

...oramentum , robur , vis , Lit. 167,1; Lit. 169,2; ጽንዐተ፡ (v. ጽንዐ፡) ኀይለ፡ እክል፡ ἰσ...

...iolentia , vehementia : ጽንዐተ፡ ዝኩ፡ ሥቃይ፡ Chrys. ho. 7; ጽንዐተ፡ ቍር፡ Act. 28,2 Platt. ...

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ገባሪ

.... 31; ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ገባሪ፡ (ex Hebr. 4,12) Chrys. ho. 6. factor ; rarius c.c. Ac...

...es. 6,17; ገባሬ፡ ሣህል፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ Ps. 102,6; Lit. 159,3; diaconi sint ገባርያነ፡ ምክር፡ ሠናይ...

...bāre sannāyāt (Lt) kind of functionary, lit. ‘who does good deeds’, vid. ሠናይ 53...

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አለቲኖን

... verus , Lit. 158,4. ...

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ዕሩግ

... oblatus , Lit. 160,2. ...

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ስጣዌ

... subst. responsio Lit. Greg. ; Cyr. f. 3. ...

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እስማኤላዊ

... ይስማኤላዊ፡ Ismaelita (Arabs Muhammedanus, Lit. 171,4). ...

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ብልኀት

... acies : ብልኀተ፡ መብረቅ፡ Lit. Orth.

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አባኢ

... introductor , Lit. 173,3. ...

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ስርየት

... , passim ስሬት፡ (ut Lit. 163,4; Lit. 167,4), subst. rem...

... , passim ስሬት፡ (ut Lit. 163,4; Lit. 167,4), subst. remissio , ven...

...uf. 30; ስርየተ፡ ኀጢአት፡ F.M. 26,4; Did. 39; Chrys. ho. 20; ሰአሉ፡ ለነ፡ ስርየተ፡ ኀጢአት፡ Mavâs....

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