Words

ብእሲ

bəʾsi noun

man, husband

ብእሲት is the feminine — woman, or wife.

Letter by letter

  1. ʾə
  2. si

Each is one consonant in one of its seven vowel orders — see the syllabary, where you can also type it.

Root

ብእስ the three consonants this word is built on — Gəʿəz fits them into different patterns to make related words