በልዐ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew בָּלַע, Arabic بَلِعَ (baliʕa), Classical Syriac ܒܠܰܥ, Amharic በላ (bäla).

Verb

በልዐ • (bälʿä)

1. to eat, consume
2. (figuratively) to consume (of fire, the sword etc...)

Related terms

• በላዒ (bälaʿi)
• አብልዐ (ʾäbləʿä)
• ተበልዐ (täbälʿä)
• መብልዕ (mäbləʿ)
• ተባልዐ (täbalʿä)
• ብሉዕ (bəluʿ)
• ብላዕ (bəlaʿ)
• ብልዐት (bəlʿät)
• መባልዕት (mäbalʿət)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “በልዐ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

Tigrinya

Verb

በልዐ • (bälʿä)

1. to eat