ቅዱስ
Ge'ez
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḳudš- (“holy”). Cognate with Arabic قُدْس (quds) and Hebrew קודש.
Adjective
ቅዱስ • (qəddus) m
- holy, sacred
Noun
ቅዱስ • (qəddus) m (plural ቅዱሳን)
- saint
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ቅዱስ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel