ገጽ

ገጽ • (gäṣ) ?

1. face
2. page

Linked by Dillmann with Classical Syriac ܚܙܳܐ, Hebrew חָזָה, Arabic غَضَاضٌ (ḡaḍāḍun).

ገጽ • (gäṣ) m (plural ገጻት (gäṣat))

1. (singular and collective) face
   • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎^[1], Leipzig, Genesis 3:19:

     ወበሃፈ ፡ ገጽከ ፡ ብላዕ ፡ ኅብስተከ ፡ [እስከ ፡] ትገብእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መሬትከ ፡ እንተ ፡ እምኔሃ ፡ ወፃእከ ፡ እስመ ፡ መሬት ፡ አንተ ፡ ወውስተ ፡ መሬት ፡ ትገብእ ።

     wäbähafä gäṣkä bəlaʿ ḫəbsətäkä [ʾəskä ] təgäbʾ wəstä märetkä ʾəntä ʾəmneha wäṣ́aʾkä ʾəsmä märet ʾäntä wäwsətä märet təgäbʾ .

     In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

2. aspect, visage, eyes
3. form, appearance, physiognomy, complexion
4. presence, countenance

   እምነ፡ገጸ

   ʾəmnä gäṣä

   from the presence of

   • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎^[2], Leipzig, 5:3:

     እግዚኦ፡ አዕይንቲከሰ፡ አኮኑ፡ ለሃይማኖት፡ ቀሠፍኮሙ፡ ወኢሐሙ፡ አኅለቆሙሂ፡ ወአበዩ፡ ተምህሮ፡ ወአጽንዑ፡ ገጾሙ፡ እምኰኵሕ፡ ወኢፈቀዱ፡ ይትመየጡ።

     ʾəgziʾo ʾäʿyəntikäsä ʾäkonu lähaymanot ḳäśäfkomu wäʾiḥämu ʾäḫläḳomuhi wäʾäbäyu tämhəro wäʾäṣnəʿu gäṣomu ʾəmkʷäkʷḥ wäʾifäḳädu yətmäyäṭu.

     O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.

   • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎^[3], Leipzig, Numbers 6:26:

     ወለያርኢ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ገጾ ፡ ላዕሌከ ፡ ወለይምሐርከ ፤

     wäläyarʾi ʾəgziʾäbḥer gäṣo laʿlekä wäläyməḥärkä ;

     The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ገጽ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

ገጽ • (gäs'ə)

1. face