Geez

Geez
/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.

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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

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