ይህች

Amharic

Alternative forms

ይህቺ (yəhəčči), ይች (yəčč), ይቺ (yəčči), እች (ʾəčč), እቺ (ʾəčči)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɨˈhɨt͡ʃː/
Hyphenation: ይ‧ህች

Determiner

ይህች • (yəhəčč)

this (feminine)

Pronoun

ይህች • (yəhəčč)

this (feminine)

Usage notes

When following a preposition, the enclitic -ዚች (-zičč) is used.

See also

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

^*) See the respective entries for alternative forms.

References

Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ይህ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 21