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This app is built with exist-db, and uses Lucene as the standard search engine. This comes with several options available. A full list is here

Below very few examples.

sample result
* *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.

Input

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 "Ludolf p." in 2450 entries!

ሕመት

...፡ ራእዮሙ፡ Thren. 4,8; ጸሊም፡ ከመ፡ ሕመት፡ Herm. p. 74; Herm. p. 80. ማየ፡ ሕመት፡ atram...

.... 4,8; ጸሊም፡ ከመ፡ ሕመት፡ Herm. p. 74; Herm. p. 80. ማየ፡ ሕመት፡ atramentum (e ful...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 10. 45 ሐመት ḥǝmmat soot, charc...

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ተሰብአ

...; Infin. ተሰብኦ፡ Org. 1; Lud. Comm. hist. p. 238 n. 2; p. 302 n. 7. ...

...፡ Org. 1; Lud. Comm. hist. p. 238 n. 2; p. 302 n. 7. ...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 46. 168 ተሰብአ፡ tasabʾa become i...

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ልህቅና

... , principatus : ሢመተ፡ ሊቅና፡ ዘካህናት፡ Jsp. p. 322; Jsp. p. 321; ለሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ሊቅናሁ፡ ...

...us : ሢመተ፡ ሊቅና፡ ዘካህናት፡ Jsp. p. 322; Jsp. p. 321; ለሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ሊቅናሁ፡ ላዕለ፡ መሲሓውያን፡ ...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 3. 20 ልህቅና lǝhqǝnnā old age, ...

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ሰሰለ

.... Alia conjectavit Hupfeld exerc. Aeth. p. 29] discedere , secedere , reced...

...ሔር፡ እምኔሁ፡ F.M. 3,6; ሰስሎ፡ እምነ፡ ሕሩም፡ Jsp. p. 351; { ሰሲለነ፡ Chrys. Ta. 34 (vid. su...

...b ነጎጋው፡)}; አዘዘ፡ ከመ፡ ይሰስሉ፡ እምቅትለቶሙ፡ Jsp. p. 353; absol. ἀναχωρεῖν Matth. 9,24...

...ν Matth. 9,24 rom.; ሰሰለ፡ ዮሴፍ፡ ወሖረ፡ Jsp. p. 352; ርኢኩ፡ እበዶሙ፡ ለአብዳን፡ ወሰሰልኩ፡ Fal. ...

...ልመት፡ ወአስተርአየ፡ ብርሃን፡ Did. 29; ለሰስሎ፡ Kuf. p. 61; መሥዋዕት፡ ይሴስል፡ ወይሰዐር፡ (in oeconom...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 45. 167 ሰሰለ sassala withdraw ...

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ብዕዛ

... secundum Harris I p. 160; Harris I p. 191; Harris I p. 1...

... secundum Harris I p. 160; Harris I p. 191; Harris I p. 192; Harris I p. 1...

...ris I p. 160; Harris I p. 191; Harris I p. 192; Harris I p. 193; Harris I p. 1...

...ris I p. 191; Harris I p. 192; Harris I p. 193; Harris I p. 194; Harris I p. 1...

...ris I p. 192; Harris I p. 193; Harris I p. 194; Harris I p. 195; Harris I p. 2...

...ris I p. 193; Harris I p. 194; Harris I p. 195; Harris I p. 214. ...

...ris I p. 194; Harris I p. 195; Harris I p. 214.

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በድራ

... Freytag lex. arab. I. p. 95): ወወሀቦሙ፡ ፫፻በድራ፡ ወርቅ፡ ...

...ሀቦሙ፡ ፫፻በድራ፡ ወርቅ፡ Jsp. p. 299; Jsp. p. 3...

...ርቅ፡ Jsp. p. 299; Jsp. p. 309. ...

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ቍንጽል

...ል፡ አው፡ ቍንጽል፡ ኀበ፡ ዐንበሳ፡ (proverbium) Th. P.; epitheton hominum astutorum, ut He...

...ንጽል፡ ዘ፡ ቀበሮ፡ de quo vid. Harris II Anh. p. 51. [A saliendo nominatum videtur a...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 60. 178 ቍንጽል qʷǝnṣǝl (Pl. ቈናጽ...

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ልማድ

...consuetudo F.M. 6,2; ኢትኅድግ፡ ልማደከ፡ Jsp. p. 279; ይሬሲ፡ ልማደ፡ in morem inducit F...

...li consuetudo est, ut ascenderet Clem. p. 14; ወኮነ፡ ልማደ፡ ነገሥት፡ ከመ፡ ይፃኡ፡ Jsp. p...

...m. p. 14; ወኮነ፡ ልማደ፡ ነገሥት፡ ከመ፡ ይፃኡ፡ Jsp. p. 323; ኀጢአት፡ ዘልማድ፡ (opp. ዘግብት፡) pecc...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 4. 25 ልማድ፡ lǝmād custom, habi...

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አስተሳለመ

... ምስለ፡ inter , ut: አስተሳለመ፡ ማእከሌሆሙ፡ Jsp. p. 312; አስተሳልም፡ ምስለ፡ እለ፡ ይትባአሱ፡ Lud. e...

...heod. f. 22; ፈቀደ፡ እስክንድር፡ ያስተሳልሞሙ፡ Jsp. p. 304; ከመ፡ ታስተሳልም፡ አልባበ፡ ሔዝብከ፡ ወአልባበ፡...

... ታስተሳልም፡ አልባበ፡ ሔዝብከ፡ ወአልባበ፡ ካህናቲከ፡ Jsp. p. 308; Org. 1; Kid. f. 20. inter ...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 42. 161 አስተሳለመ ʾastasālama re...

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አንጋፊ

...ator (oppressi) Jsp. p. 302. ...

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ተራኰሰ

...invicem contaminare , de pluribus, Kuf. p. 62. t...

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ግዕዝና

... libertas , Herm. p. 54; Rom. 8,21 ant. ...

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ከፉር

...amphora , Jsp. p. 340.

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ጽልኣን

... simultas , Kuf. p. 84 annot. 9. ...

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በሕዝዮን

... (col. 1253), Lud. Comm. p. 210 Nr. 12. ...

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ዮናኒ

... Jonicus i.e. Graecus (Cat. Bodl. Ox. p. 16).

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ቀቀብ

...ame enecti በልዑ፡ ማእሰ፡ ቀቀበ፡ አስይፍቲሆሙ፡ Jsp. p. 368. – Voc. Ae.: ቀቀብ፡ ዘ፡ ሐፎት፡ v. አፎ...

...ionale Centrale di Roma, Orientale 134, p. 57. 175 ቀቀብ qaqab sheath 438...

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መባርት

... nomen bestiae ignotum, Cat. Mus. Brit. p. 56a.

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አክሶርጊስ

... Syn. ( Lud. Comm. p. 308 Nr. 28). ...

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ሳሕት

... Kuf. p. 78 ann. 7. ...

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