ሰውዬ

Amharic

Etymology

From ሰው (säw, “mankind”) +‎ -እዬ (-əyye).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈwɨjːe/
  • Hyphenation: ሰ‧ው‧ዬ

Noun

ሰውዬ • (säwəyye) m (collective ሰው (säw))

  1. man, male
  2. male individual

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሰውዬ
masculine
indefinite ሰውዬ (säwəyye)
definite subject ሰውዬው (säwəyyew)
definite object ሰውዬውን (säwəyyewən)
general object ሰውዬን (säwəyyen)
Possessive forms of ሰውዬ (säwəyye)
singular plural formal
first person ሰውዬዬ (säwəyyeye) ሰውዬያችን (säwəyyeyaččən) —
second person m ሰውዬህ (säwəyyeh) ሰውዬያችሁ (säwəyyeyaččəhu) ሰውዬዎ (säwəyyewo)
f ሰውዬሽ (säwəyyeš)
third person m ሰውዬው (säwəyyew) ሰውዬያቸው (säwəyyeyaččäw)
f ሰውዬዋ (säwəyyewa)

Coordinate terms

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰው”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 36
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