በሬ
Amharic
በሬ(1)።
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *bVʕVr-. Cognates include Ge'ez ብዕር (bəʿər) and Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr, “camel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbəɾe/
- Hyphenation: በ‧ሬ
Declension
Definiteness forms of በሬ (bäre)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | በሬ (bäre) |
| Definite subject | በሬው (bärew) |
| Definite object | በሬውን (bärewən) |
| General object | በሬን (bären) |
Possessive forms of በሬ (bäre)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | በሬዬ (bäreye) | በሬያችን (bäreyaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | በሬህ (bäreh) | በሬያችሁ (bäreyaččəhu) | በሬዎ (bärewo) |
| f | በሬሽ (bäreš) | |||
| Third person | m | በሬው (bärew) | በሬያቸው (bäreyaččäw) | |
| f | በሬዋ (bärewa) | |||
Coordinate terms
- (male bovine): ላም (lam, “cow”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “በሬ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 20
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