ሦስት

Amharic

Amharic numbers (edit)
30
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    Cardinal: ሦስት (śost)
    Ordinal: ሦስተኛ (śostäñña)
    Adverbial: ሦስቴ (śoste)
    Fractional: ሢሶ (śiso)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum. Cognates include Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa) and Ge'ez ሠለስቱ (śälästu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsost/
  • Hyphenation: ሦስት

Numeral

ሦስት • (śost)

  1. three

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሦስት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 502
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50
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