ሻማ
Amharic
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ, “candle, wax”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ሻማ • (šama) f
Declension
| feminine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ሻማ (šamaa) |
| definite subject | ሻማዋ (šamaawa) ሻማይቱ (šamaayətu) ሻማይቷ (šamaayətʷa) |
| definite object | ሻማዋን (šamaawan) ሻማይቱን (šamaayətun) ሻማይቷን (šamaayətʷan) |
| general object | ሻማን (šamaan) |
| 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) | |||