_—— is gone_, ákase ígĕle, _or_ yímmĕde.
_The cold increases_, asemmēṭ étid.
_—— is strong_, asemmēṭ íkkĕne tigawet.
_—— lessens_, asemmēṭ efenās. (94.)
_—— is over_, asemmēṭ ébĕgbag.
[Note: _Tigawet_ for _tiḳuaet_, strength; Arab.?]
205. _The (forty) dark nights are passed_, éhaden isáttefen, _or_
esáttafnén, ebarbar, _or_ ejumádĕde.
_The black winter is gone_, tágerist takaúelit tabárbar.
_The white (i.e. mild part of the) winter is come_, tégisht
taméllelt tágerist.
[Note: _Ehaḍ_, night; Ghad. _efad_; Wadreagh, _eghed_ (compare Arab.
_ghea_, obtexit); Kab. _eyyaṭ_.
_Asaṭṭef_, (with _t_ in Ben Músa), black (or dark?).
_Akauel_, black, is _aghogul_ in Wadreagh, for which Venture has
_inghāl_.
_Ejumádade_, freq. from _imeda_?
_Tegisht_, as _tiggemāt_ in 202. &c., seems to have final _t_ as
feminine mark, like Arabic.]