ሕፃን
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ህጻን (həṣan)
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʔn- (“small cattle”). Cognates include Ge'ez ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an) and Tigrinya ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɨsʼan/
- Hyphenation: ሕ‧ፃን
Noun
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣ́an) m or f by sense (plural ሕፃናት (ḥəṣ́anat))
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an) | |
| definite subject | ሕፃኑ (ḥəṣ́anu) | ሕፃኗ (ḥəṣ́anʷa) ሕፃኒቱ (ḥəṣ́anitu) ሕፃኒቷ (ḥəṣ́anitʷa) |
| definite object | ሕፃኑን (ḥəṣ́anun) | ሕፃኗን (ḥəṣ́anʷan) ሕፃኒቱን (ḥəṣ́anitun) ሕፃኒቷን (ḥəṣ́anitʷan) |
| general object | ሕፃንን (ḥəṣ́anən) | |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ሕፃኔ (ḥəṣ́ane) | ሕፃናችን (ḥəṣ́anaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ሕፃንህ (ḥəṣ́anəh) | ሕፃናችሁ (ḥəṣ́anaččəhu) | ሕፃንዎ (ḥəṣ́anwo) |
| f | ሕፃንሽ (ḥəṣ́anəš) | |||
| third person | m | ሕፃኑ (ḥəṣ́anu) | ሕፃናቸው (ḥəṣ́anaččäw) | |
| f | ሕፃኗ (ḥəṣ́anʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕፃን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Ge'ez
Etymology
From ሐፀነ (ḥäṣ́änä).
Noun
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣ́an) ? (plural ሕፃናት (ḥəṣ́anat))
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 226
- Internet Archive page 226
Tigrinya
Noun
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣan)