በዓል

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-. Related to Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).

Noun

በዓል • (bäʿal)

owner, paterfamilias, husband
the Phoenician god Baal

Noun

festival, feast day, feast, banquet

Derived terms

በዓል ትክልት (bäʿal təkəlt, “fixed festival”)
በዓል ኢትክልት (bäʿal ʾitəkəlt, “movable festival”)
ኣብዓላ (ʾabʿala, “celebrate a festival”)
ታብዕላ (tabəʿla, “(of a festival) be celebrated”)

References

Dillmann, August (1865), “በዓል”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: በ‧ዓል

Noun

በዓል • (bäʿal)

master
feast, festival, holiday, festivity

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