ሕፅን

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥiṣ́n-. Cognates include Arabic حِضْن (ḥiḍn) and Ge'ez ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɨsʼɨn/
  • Hyphenation: ሕ‧ፅን

Noun

ሕፅን • (ḥəṣ́ən) m

  1. armpit
  2. valley
  3. gusset (cloth)

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሕፅን
masculine
indefinite ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́ən)
definite subject ሕፅኑ (ḥəṣ́ənu)
definite object ሕፅኑን (ḥəṣ́ənun)
general object ሕፅንን (ḥəṣ́ənən)
Possessive forms of ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́ən)
singular plural formal
first person ሕፅኔ (ḥəṣ́əne) ሕፅናችን (ḥəṣ́ənaččən) —
second person m ሕፅንህ (ḥəṣ́ənəh) ሕፅናችሁ (ḥəṣ́ənaččəhu) ሕፅንዎ (ḥəṣ́ənwo)
f ሕፅንሽ (ḥəṣ́ənəš)
third person m ሕፅኑ (ḥəṣ́ənu) ሕፅናቸው (ḥəṣ́ənaččäw)
f ሕፅኗ (ḥəṣ́ənʷa)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕፅን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥiṣ́n-.

Noun

ሕፅን • (ḥəṣ́n) ? (plural ሕፀን (ḥəṣ́än))

  1. bosom, womb, lap
    Synonym: ማሕፀን (maḥəṣ́än)
  2. embrace
  3. armpit
  4. tutelage, guardianship
  5. afterbirth
  • ሐፀነ (ḥäṣ́änä)
  • ማሕፀን (maḥəṣ́än)
  • ኣሕፀነ (ʾaḥṣ́änä) (causative)
  • ተሐፅነ (täḥäṣ́nä) (passive)
  • ሐፃኒ (ḥäṣ́ani)
  • ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an, “infant, young child”)
  • ሕፅነት (ḥəṣ́nät, “nursing, education, upbringing”)
  • ሕፃናዊ (ḥəṣ́anawi, “childish”)
  • ሕፃንና (ḥəṣ́anənna), ሕፃና (ḥəṣ́anna, “childhood”)

References

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