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 • (ṣ́äḥayf

  1. sun

Declension

Definiteness forms of ፀሐይ
feminine
indefinite ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥay)
definite subject ፀሐዯ (ṣ́äḥayʷa)
ፀሐዪቱ (ṣ́äḥayitu)
ፀሐዪቷ (ṣ́äḥayitʷa)
definite object ፀሐዯን (ṣ́äḥayʷan)
ፀሐዪቱን (ṣ́äḥayitun)
ፀሐዪቷን (ṣ́äḥayitʷan)
general object ፀሐይን (ṣ́äḥayən)
Possessive forms of ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥay)
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