ወይጠል

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Ge'ez ጠሊ (ṭäli).

Noun

ወይጠል • (wäyṭäl) (plural ወይጠላት (wäyṭälat))

  1. roe-deer, a wild female goat
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Deuteronomy 15:22:
      በሀገርከ ፡ ብልዖ ፤ ርኩስኒ ፡ ወንጹሕኒ ፡ ኅቡረ ፡ ይብልዕዎ ፡ ከመ ፡ ወይጠል ፡ አው ፡ ከመ ፡ ሀየል ።
      bähägärkä bəlʿo ; rəkusni wänṣuḥni ḫəburä yəbləʿwo kämä wäyṭäl ʾäw kämä häyäl .
      Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[2], Leipzig, 7:4:
      ክልኤ፡ አጥባትኪ፡ ከመ፡ ክልኤ፡ ዕጕለ፡ መንታ፡ ዘወይጠል። እለ፡ ይፈለፍላ፡ ሐሊበ፡ መንፈስ።
      kəlʾe ʾäṭbatki kämä kəlʾe ʿəgʷlä mänta zäwäyṭäl. ʾəlä yəfäläfla ḥälibä mänfäs.
      Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

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