እግረኛ
Amharic
Etymology
From እግር (ʾəgər, “foot”) + -አኛ (-äñña).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɨɡˈrəɲːa/
- Hyphenation: እግ‧ረ‧ኛ
Noun
እግረኛ • (ʾəgräñña) m or f by sense
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | እግረኛ (ʾəgräñña) | |
| definite subject | እግረኛው (ʾəgräññaw) | እግረኛዋ (ʾəgräññawa) እግረኛይቱ (ʾəgräññayətu) እግረኛይቷ (ʾəgräññayətʷa) |
| definite object | እግረኛውን (ʾəgräññawən) | እግረኛዋን (ʾəgräññawan) እግረኛይቱን (ʾəgräññayətun) እግረኛይቷን (ʾəgräññayətʷan) |
| general object | እግረኛን (ʾəgräññan) | |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | እግረኛዬ (ʾəgräññaye) | እግረኛችን (ʾəgräññaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | እግረኛህ (ʾəgräññah) | እግረኛችሁ (ʾəgräññaččəhu) | እግረኛዎ (ʾəgräññawo) |
| f | እግረኛሽ (ʾəgräññaš) | |||
| third person | m | እግረኛው (ʾəgräññaw) | እግረኛቸው (ʾəgräññaččäw) | |
| f | እግረኛዋ (ʾəgräññawa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እግረኛ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 34