- Geez
- noun Etymology: Geez gə‘əz Date: 1790 a Semitic language formerly spoken in northern highland Ethiopia and still used as the liturgical language of the Christian church in Ethiopia
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Geez — [ s, auch z], eine südsemitische Sprache, die im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. durch Einwanderer aus Südarabien nach Afrika gelangte. Geez war die Sprache des Reiches von Aksum, deren früheste Zeugnisse aus dem 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr. stammen; sie wird … Universal-Lexikon
Geez — Geez, n. The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See {Ethiopic}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
geez — geez; Geez; … English syllables
Geez — Geez, andere Bezeichnung der Äthiopischen Sprache (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
geez — [dʒi:z] interjection another spelling of ↑jeez … Dictionary of contemporary English
geez — [ dʒiz ] another spelling of jeez … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
geez — gèez m DEFINICIJA pov. lingv. izumrli etiopski jezik semitske porodice; danas se upotrebljava samo u crkvenoj liturgiji etiopskih kršćana … Hrvatski jezični portal
Geez — [gē ez′] n. ETHIOPIC (n. 1) … English World dictionary
geez — [jēz] interj. alt. sp. of JEEZ … English World dictionary
Geez — noun see ethiopic II * * * /gee ez , gay /, n. a Semitic language of ancient Ethiopia, now used only as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Church. Also, Ge ez. Also called Ethiopic. * * * geez UK [dʒiːz] US [dʒiz] another spelling of jeez… … Useful english dictionary
Geez — Ethiopic E thi*op ic, n. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called {Geez}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
