ፀሐይ
Amharic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ፀሓይ (ṣ́äḥay). Akin to Tigrinya ጸሓይ (ṣäḥay) and Tigre ጸሓይ (ṣäḥay). Doublet of ጣይ (ṭay).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʼəhaj/
- Hyphenation: ፀ‧ሐይ
Noun
ፀሐይ • (ṣ́äḥay) f
Declension
| feminine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥay) |
| definite subject | ፀሐዯ (ṣ́äḥayʷa) ፀሐዪቱ (ṣ́äḥayitu) ፀሐዪቷ (ṣ́äḥayitʷa) |
| definite object | ፀሐዯን (ṣ́äḥayʷan) ፀሐዪቱን (ṣ́äḥayitun) ፀሐዪቷን (ṣ́äḥayitʷan) |
| general object | ፀሐይን (ṣ́äḥayən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ፀሐዬ (ṣ́äḥaye) | ፀሐያችን (ṣ́äḥayaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ፀሐይህ (ṣ́äḥayəh) | ፀሐያችሁ (ṣ́äḥayaččəhu) | ፀሐይዎ (ṣ́äḥaywo) |
| f | ፀሐይሽ (ṣ́äḥayəš) | |||
| third person | m | ፀሐዩ (ṣ́äḥayu) | ፀሐያቸው (ṣ́äḥayaččäw) | |
| f | ፀሐዯ (ṣ́äḥayʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ፀሐይ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 12