ልጅ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ልዥ (ləž)
Etymology
From a derivative of Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognates include Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld) and Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɨd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: ልጅ
Declension
Definiteness forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | ልጅ (ləǧ) |
| Definite subject | ልጁ (ləǧu) |
| Definite object | ልጁን (ləǧun) |
| General object | ልጅን (ləǧən) |
Possessive forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ልጄ (ləǧe) | ልጃችን (ləǧaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ልጅህ (ləǧəh) | ልጃችሁ (ləǧaččəhu) | ልጅዎ (ləǧwo) |
| f | ልጅሽ (ləǧəš) | |||
| Third person | m | ልጁ (ləǧu) | ልጃቸው (ləǧaččäw) | |
| f | ልጇ (ləǧʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
- Pat-El, Na'ama (2017) “NeoArabic and Comparative Semitic in the Quest for Proto Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University., BRILL, →ISBN, page 464
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