ጻጹት

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

  • ጻጾት (ṣaṣot), ጻጼት (ṣaṣet), ፃፁት (ṣ́aṣ́ut), ፃፆት (ṣ́aṣ́ot), ጻፁት (ṣaṣ́ut), ጻዖት (ṣaʿot)

Etymology

Compare Ge'ez ፃፄ (ṣ́aṣ́e, “moth, worm”), which is inconclusively connected to Arabic سُوس (sūs, “moth, worm”).

Noun

ጻጹት • (ṣaṣut) m or f (singulative and collective)

  1. gnat
  2. red ant

References

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