The fourth category of verbs are those which have four (quadriliteral) or sometimes five (quinquiliteral) root consonants. These are fairly common in Ge’ez and the form itself has no particular meaning / effect. Quadriliteral verbs often emerge from borrowed terms from other languages. For instance, the verb መንኰሰ (menkʷese) "to become a monk, to retreat into asceticism" probably came from the Greek term μοναχός (monakhos) "solitary".
መንኰሰ [menkʷese = to become a monk] – Q-stem, Perfect
| SINGULAR | PLURAL | |||||
| 1st Person | መንኰስኩ | menkʷesku | መንኰስክነ | menkʷeskne | ||
| 2nd Person | መንኰስከ | menkʷeske (m.) | መንኰስክሙ | menkʷeskəmu (m.) | ||
| መንኰስኪ | menkʷeski (f.) | መንኰስክን | menkʷeskən (f.) | |||
| 3rd Person | መንኰሰ | menkʷese(m.) | መንኰሱ | menkʷesu (m.) | ||
| መንኰሰት | menkʷeset(f.) | መንኰሳ | menkʷesa (f.) | |||