ፈየተ

Ge'ez

Root
ፈ-የ-ተ (fä-yä-tä)
1 term

Etymology

Denominal verb from Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (“side, front”) not retained per se in Gəʕəz, see it and Arabic ف ي ء (f y ʔ).

Verb

ፈየተ or ፈየ̄ተ • (fäyätä or fäyyätä)

1. to rob, to plunder, to spoliate

Derived terms

• ምፍያት (məfyat, “refuge for robbers”)
• ተፈየተ (täfäyyätä, “to be spoliated”)
• ተፈይተ (täfäytä, “to be spoliated”)
• ፈያታዊ (fäyyatawi, “robber”)
• ፈያታይ (fäyyatay, “robber”)
• ፈያት (fäyyat, “robber”)
• ፍዩት (fəyyut, “spoliated”)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ፈየተ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1378
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 173a