ሠቅ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Early borrowing from Aramaic 𐡔𐡒‎ (šq /śaqq/), which is in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סַקָּא‎ (saqqā), Classical Syriac ܣܩܐ‎ (saqqā).

Noun

ሠቅ • (śäḳḳ) m (plural ሠቃት (śäḳḳat), and አሥቃቅ (ʾäśḳaḳ), and አሥቃቃት (ʾäśḳaḳat))

  1. sackcloth
    1. a coarse fabric such as to make sacks
    2. a vestment of such a fabric
    3. a sack

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.