ሰይል

Ge'ez

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ሰይ (säy, “woe”) +‎ ለ- (lä-, “for”).

Interjection

ሰይል • (säyl)

1. woe! alas!

   Synonyms: አሌ (ʾäle), ወይል (wäyl), ወይሌ (wäyle)

Noun

ሰይል • (säyl)

1. woe, sorrow, malum, calamity

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šilyat-.

Noun

ሰይል • (säyl)

1. foetus, embryo

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሰይል”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 392
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ሰይል”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 522b