ዐርክት

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Ge'ez

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Noun

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ዐርክት (ʿärəkt) (male ዐርክ (ʿärk), and ዓርክ (ʿark), male plural ዐርካን (ʿärkan), female plural ዐርካት (ʿärkat), common plural አዕርክት (ʾäʿrəkt))

  1. female friend
  2. (euphemistic) snake
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Band 4. Sabaische, griechische und altabessinische Inschriften[1], Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 69 Nr. 63:
      አነ አርከዳ ቀተልኩ በገይስ ዐርክተ
      ʾänä ʾärkäda ḳätälku bä-gäys ʿärəktä
      I, ʾÄrkäda, today morning killed a snake.

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