እኅው

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

  • እኍ (ʾəḫʷ), እኁ (ʾəḫu)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-. Cognate with Hebrew אָח (brother), Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, brother).

Noun

እኅው • (ʾəḫwm (plural አኀው (ʾäḫäw))

  1. brother
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Genesis 24:29:
      ወባቲ ፡ ለርብቃ ፡ እኅወ ፡ ዘስሙ ፡ ላባ ፡ ወሮጸ ፡ ላባ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዝኩ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ አፍአ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዐዘቅት ፤
      wäbati lärbəḳa ʾəḫwä zäsmu laba wäroṣä laba ḫäbä zəku bəʾsi ʾäfʾä ḫäbä ʿäzäḳt ;
      And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[2], Leipzig, Genesis 42:9:
      ወዮሴፍሰ ፡ አእመሮሙ ፡ ለአኀዊሁ ፡ ወእሙንቱሰ ፡ ኢያእመርዎ ።
      wäyosefsä ʾäʾmäromu läʾäḫäwihu wäʾmuntusä ʾiyaʾmärwo .
      And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
  2. countryman, neighbor, compatriate, tribesman
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[3], Leipzig, Numbers 16:10:
      ወአቅረበከ ፡ ለከ ፡ ወለአኀዊከ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ሌዊ ፡ ምስሌከ ፡ ወትፈቅዱ ፡ ትኩኑ ፡ ካህናተ ።
      wäʾäḳräbäkä läkä wäläʾäḫäwikä däḳiḳä lewi məslekä wätfäḳdu təkunu kahnatä .
      And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

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