አንቺ

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanti. Cognates include Ge'ez አንቲ (ʾänti) and Arabic أَنْتِ (ʔanti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ant͡ʃi/
  • Hyphenation: አን‧ቺ

Pronoun

አንቺ • (ʾanči) f

  1. thou, you (singular)

See also

Amharic personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f m f
familiar singular እኔ (ʾəne) አንተ (ʾantä) አንቺ (ʾanči) እሱ (ʾəssu)
እርሱ (ʾərsu)		 እሷ (ʾəssʷa)
እርሷ (ʾərsʷa)
plural እኛ (ʾəñña) እናንተ (ʾənnantä)
እናንት (ʾənnantə)1)		 እነሱ (ʾənnässu)
እነርሱ (ʾənnärsu)
formal singular — እስዎ (ʾəssəwo)
እርስዎ (ʾərsəwo)
አንቱ (ʾantu)1)		 እሳቸው (ʾəssaččäw)
እርሳቸው (ʾərsaččäw)

1) rare

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አንቺ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 17
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