ሴት

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Tigrinya ሴት (set).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈset/
  • Hyphenation: ሴት

Noun

ሴት • (set) f (singulative ሴትዮ (setəyyo))

  1. (collective) woman, female
  2. (collective) womankind
  3. (collective, figurative) coward

Declension
Possessive forms of ሴት (set)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ሴቴ (sete) ሴታችን (setaččən) —
Second person m ሴትህ (setəh) ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu) ሴትዎ (setwo)
f ሴትሽ (setəš)
Third person m ሴቱ (setu) ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
f ሴቷ (setʷa)

Coordinate terms
  • (woman): ሰው (säw, “man”)

Noun

ሴት • (set) m

  1. (grammar) feminine gender

Declension
Possessive forms of ሴት (set)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ሴቴ (sete) ሴታችን (setaččən) —
Second person m ሴትህ (setəh) ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu) ሴትዎ (setwo)
f ሴትሽ (setəš)
Third person m ሴቱ (setu) ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
f ሴቷ (setʷa)

References
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሴት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8
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