አመት
Amharic
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez አመት (ʾämät).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)amət/
- Hyphenation: አ‧መት
Audio: (file)
Noun
አመት • (ʾamät) f
Declension
| feminine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | አመት (ʾamät) |
| definite subject | አመቷ (ʾamätʷa) አመቲቱ (ʾamätitu) አመቲቷ (ʾamätitʷa) |
| definite object | አመቷን (ʾamätʷan) አመቲቱን (ʾamätitun) አመቲቷን (ʾamätitʷan) |
| general object | አመትን (ʾamätən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | አመቴ (ʾamäte) | አመታችን (ʾamätaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | አመትህ (ʾamätəh) | አመታችሁ (ʾamätaččəhu) | አመትዎ (ʾamätwo) |
| f | አመትሽ (ʾamätəš) | |||
| third person | m | አመቱ (ʾamätu) | አመታቸው (ʾamätaččäw) | |
| f | አመቷ (ʾamätʷa) | |||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
አመት • (ʾamät) m (plural አመታት (ʾamätat) or አመቶች (ʾamätočč))
- alternative spelling of ዓመት (ʿamät)
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | አመት (ʾamät) |
| definite subject | አመቱ (ʾamätu) |
| definite object | አመቱን (ʾamätun) |
| general object | አመትን (ʾamätən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | አመቴ (ʾamäte) | አመታችን (ʾamätaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | አመትህ (ʾamätəh) | አመታችሁ (ʾamätaččəhu) | አመትዎ (ʾamätwo) |
| f | አመትሽ (ʾamätəš) | |||
| third person | m | አመቱ (ʾamätu) | አመታቸው (ʾamätaččäw) | |
| f | አመቷ (ʾamätʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አመት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 9
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
Noun
አመት • (ʾämät) (plural አእማት (ʾäʾmat))
Descendants
- → Amharic: አመት (ʾamät)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “አመት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 733
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 26a
Tigre
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
Noun
አመት • (ʾämät) (plural ኣማት (ʾamat), and ኣሙት (ʾamut))
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አመት”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 356a