በሬ

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bVʕVr-. Cognates include Ge'ez ብዕር (bəʿər) and Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr, “camel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbəɾe/
  • Hyphenation: በ‧ሬ

Noun

በሬ • (bäre) m

  1. ox, bull (male bovine)
  2. (figurative) strong and gentle person

Declension

Definiteness forms of በሬ
masculine
indefinite በሬ (bäre)
definite subject በሬው (bärew)
definite object በሬውን (bärewən)
general object በሬን (bären)
Possessive forms of በሬ (bäre)
singular plural formal
first person በሬዬ (bäreye) በሬያችን (bäreyaččən) —
second person m በሬህ (bäreh) በሬያችሁ (bäreyaččəhu) በሬዎ (bärewo)
f በሬሽ (bäreš)
third person m በሬው (bärew) በሬያቸው (bäreyaččäw)
f በሬዋ (bärewa)

Coordinate terms

  • (male bovine): ላም (lam, “cow”)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “በሬ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 20
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