መብልዕ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From same root as በልዐ (bälʿä).

Noun

መብልዕ • (mäbləʿ) m (plural መባልዕ (mäbaləʿ), and መባልዕት (mäbaləʿt), and መባልዕታት (mäbaləʿtat))

1. food, sustenance

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “መብልዕ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 490–491
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “መብልዕ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 95a