ሻማ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ, candle, wax).

Pronunciation

Noun

ሻማ • (šamaf

  1. candle

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሻማ
feminine
indefinite ሻማ (šamaa)
definite subject ሻማዋ (šamaawa)
ሻማይቱ (šamaayətu)
ሻማይቷ (šamaayətʷa)
definite object ሻማዋን (šamaawan)
ሻማይቱን (šamaayətun)
ሻማይቷን (šamaayətʷan)
general object ሻማን (šamaan)
Possessive forms of ሻማ (šamaa)
singular plural formal
first person ሻማዬ (šamaaye) ሻማችን (šamaaččən)
second person m ሻማህ (šamaah) ሻማችሁ (šamaaččəhu) ሻማዎ (šamaawo)
f ሻማሽ (šamaaš)
third person m ሻማው (šamaaw) ሻማቸው (šamaaččäw)
f ሻማዋ (šamaawa)