A Comparative Study of Nouns in Ge'ez and English
General
📅 October 24, 2026
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✍️ by Samuel Tadasea
A scholarly comparative study of Ge'ez and English nouns — anointed names, the trinitarian readings of Egziabher, and how Ge'ez preserved the Semitic Y in Iyesus, Maryam, and Eliyas.
References
Ethiopian Sources:
- AfeWerq Zewde (Aba). ሀገረ-መጻሕፍት ሰዋሰው ግእዝ ወዐማርኛ. Addis Ababa: Tensae Publishing House, 1982 EC.
- Dase Keleb (Memhr). ትንሣኤ ግእዝ. Mahbere Qidusan, Sunday Schools Department of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), 2012 EC.
- Liqe Hiruyan Beley Mekonnen. ሕያው ልሳን ግዕዝ-አማርኛ መዝገበ ቃላት. Addis Ababa: Mahbere Qidusan, Sunday Schools Department of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), 2018 EC.
- መጽሐፈ ሰዋሰው መጽሔተ አእምሮ [The Book of Grammar, the Mirror of Knowledge]. Addis Ababa: Tesfa Gebre Selassie Printing House, 1982 EC.
- Yeshaneh Tariku (Memhr). ልሳነ ልሳናት ልሳነ ግእዝ መጽሐፈ ረዳኢ. 2015 EC.
- Metsehaf Qedus: Ge'ez Bible. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Patriarchate, 1980.
- Holy Trinity University, New Testament Greek Module. Academic Year 2013 EC. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Instructor: Memhr Sisay Wegayehu.
- Kibretsion (Gullelit Teshome). ETHIOPIA: The Mysterious Land of Zion. September 2016. Dertogada Printing Press.
- Meriras Aman Belay. History of Ancient Ethiopia (የጥንቷ ኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ). 2009 EC. Nebadan M.C. PLC.
English Reference Works:
- Lambdin, Thomas O. Introduction to Classical Ethiopic. Harvard Semitic Studies No. 24. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978.
- Butts, Aaron Michael. "Gǝʿǝz (Classical Ethiopic)." In The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook, edited by Stefan Weninger, 117–153. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011.
- Quirk, Randolph, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman, 1985.
- Smyth, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar. Revised by Gordon M. Messing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1920 (revised edition 1956).
- Kuraz Book of Modern English Grammar. 1987. Kuraz Publishing Agency.