እምስ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- (archaic) ሕምስ (ḥəms)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨms/
- Hyphenation: እምስ
Declension
Definiteness forms of እምስ (ʾəms)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | እምስ (ʾəms) |
| Definite subject | እምሱ (ʾəmsu) |
| Definite object | እምሱን (ʾəmsun) |
| General object | እምስን (ʾəmsən) |
Possessive forms of እምስ (ʾəms)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | እምሴ (ʾəmse) | እምሳችን (ʾəmsaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | እምስህ (ʾəmsəh) | እምሳችሁ (ʾəmsaččəhu) | እምስዎ (ʾəmswo) |
| f | እምስሽ (ʾəmsəš) | |||
| Third person | m | እምሱ (ʾəmsu) | እምሳቸው (ʾəmsaččäw) | |
| f | እምሷ (ʾəmsʷa) | |||
See also
- ቂንጥር (ḳinṭər, “clitoris”)
References
- d’Abbadie, Antoine (1881) “ሕምስ”, in Dictionnaire de la langue amariñña (Actes de la Societé Philologique; 10) (in French), Paris: F. Vieweg, column 6
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እምስ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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