ያች

Amharic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjat͡ʃː/
  • Hyphenation: ያች

Determiner

ያች • (yačč)

  1. that (feminine)

Pronoun

ያች • (yačč)

  1. that (feminine)

Usage notes

  • When following a preposition, the enclitic -ዚያች (-zziyačč) is used.

See also

Amharic demonstratives
singular plural
masculine feminine
proximal simple ይህ (yəh) ይህች (yəhəčč) እነዚህ (ʾənnäzzih)
emphatic ይህኛው (yəhəññaw) ይችኛዋ (yəččəññawa)
enclitic -ዚህ (-zzih) -ዚች (-zičč)
distal simple (ya) ያች (yačč) እነዚያ (ʾənnäzziya)
emphatic ያኛው (yaññaw) ያችኛዋ (yaččəññawa)
enclitic -ዚያ (-zziya) -ዚያች (-zziyačč)

*) See the respective entries for alternative forms.

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 22