ወንዝ
Amharic
ወንዝ። (1)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwənz/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ወንዝ
Noun
ወንዝ • (wänz) m
- river, stream
- 2021, “ስለ ዓባይ ወንዝ እና የሕዳሴ ግድቡ ጥቂት እውነታዎች”, in BBC News:
- ኢትዮጵያ፣ ግብፅና ሱዳን ላለፉት አሥር ዓመታት በዓባይ ወንዝ ጉዳይ ከስምምነት ለመድረስ ሲደራደሩ የነበረ ቢሆንም፤ እስካሁን ሦስቱንም አገራት የሚያስማማ ሁሉን አቀፍ መግባባት ላይ መድረስ አልተቻለም።
- ʾityop̣ya, gəbṣ́əna sudan laläfut ʾäśr ʿamätat bäʿabay wänz guday käsməmnät lämädräs sidäradäru yänäbärä bihonm; ʾəskahun śostunm ʾägärat yämiyasmama hulun ʾäḳäf mägbabat lay mädräs ʾältäčaläm.
- Although Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have been negotiating to reach an agreement on the Nile River issue for the past ten years; So far, it has not been possible to reach a comprehensive agreement that would suit all three countries.
- (figurative) nature, character
Declension
Definiteness forms of ወንዝ (wänz)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | ወንዝ (wänz) |
| Definite subject | ወንዙ (wänzu) |
| Definite object | ወንዙን (wänzun) |
| General object | ወንዝን (wänzən) |
Possessive forms of ወንዝ (wänz)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ወንዜ (wänze) | ወንዛችን (wänzaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ወንዝህ (wänzəh) | ወንዛችሁ (wänzaččəhu) | ወንዝዎ (wänzwo) |
| f | ወንዝሽ (wänzəš) | |||
| Third person | m | ወንዙ (wänzu) | ወንዛቸው (wänzaččäw) | |
| f | ወንዟ (wänzʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወንዝ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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