አንቲ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanti. Cognate to Arabic أَنْتِ (ʔanti), Hebrew אַתְּ (át) and Aramaic אַנְתִּי (ʾantī).

Pronoun

አንቲ • (ʾanti) f sg (enclitic form ኪ (-ki))

  1. you, thou (feminine singular subject pronoun)

See also

Ge'ez personal pronouns
isolated nominative pronouns
singular plural
1st person አነ (ʾanä) ንሕነ (nəḥna)
2nd person m አንተ (ʾantä) አንትሙ (ʾantəmu)
f አንቲ (ʾanti) አንትን (ʾantən)
3rd person m ውእቱ (wəʾətu) ውእቶሙ (wəʾətom), እሙንቱ (ʾəmuntu)
f ይእቲ (yəʾəti) ውእቶን (wəʾəton), እማንቱ (ʾəmantu)
enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
singular plural
1st person የ (-yä), ኒ (-ni)1 ነ (-nä)
2nd person m ከ (-kä) ክሙ (-kəmmu)
f ኪ (-ki) ክን (-kən)
3rd person m ሁ (-(h)u)2 ሆሙ (-(h)omu)2
f ሃ (-(h)a)2 ሆን (-(h)on)2

1. የ (-yä) is attached to nouns, while ኒ (-ni) is attached to verbs.
2. In all third person suffixes, an "h" is inserted when preceded by a vowel.

References

  • August Dillmann, Carl Bezold (1857, 1899) James A. Crichton, transl., Ethiopic Grammar‎[1], 2nd edition, London: Williams & Norgate, published 1907, page 338
  • Wolf Leslau (1988) Fifty Years of Research: Selection of articles on Semitic, Ethiopian Semitic and Cushitic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 162
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