ሕፃን
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ህጻን (həṣan)
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʔn- (“small cattle”). Cognates include Ge'ez ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an) and Tigrinya ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɨsʼan/
- Hyphenation: ሕ‧ፃን
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an) | |
| Definite subject | ሕፃኑ (ḥəṣ́anu) | ሕፃኗ (ḥəṣ́anʷa) ሕፃኒቱ (ḥəṣ́anitu) ሕፃኒቷ (ḥəṣ́anitʷa) |
| Definite object | ሕፃኑን (ḥəṣ́anun) | ሕፃኗን (ḥəṣ́anʷan) ሕፃኒቱን (ḥəṣ́anitun) ሕፃኒቷን (ḥəṣ́anitʷan) |
| General object | ሕፃንን (ḥəṣ́anən) | |
Possessive forms of ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ሕፃኔ (ḥəṣ́ane) | ሕፃናችን (ḥəṣ́anaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ሕፃንህ (ḥəṣ́anəh) | ሕፃናችሁ (ḥəṣ́anaččəhu) | ሕፃንዎ (ḥəṣ́anwo) |
| f | ሕፃንሽ (ḥəṣ́anəš) | |||
| Third person | m | ሕፃኑ (ḥəṣ́anu) | ሕፃናቸው (ḥəṣ́anaččäw) | |
| f | ሕፃኗ (ḥəṣ́anʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕፃን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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