እምስ

Amharic

Alternative forms

(archaic) ሕምስ (ḥəms)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨms/
Hyphenation: እምስ

Noun

እምስ • (ʾəms) m

vagina, vulva
(slang) pussy

Declension

Definiteness forms of *እምስ*
	masculine
indefinite	እምስ (ʾəms)
definite subject	እምሱ (ʾəmsu)
definite object	እምሱን (ʾəmsun)
general object	እምስን (ʾəmsən)

Possessive forms of *እምስ* (ʾəms)
		singular	plural	formal
first person		እምሴ (ʾəmse)	እምሳችን (ʾəmsaččən)	—
second person	m	እምስህ (ʾəmsəh)	እምሳችሁ (ʾəmsaččəhu)	እምስዎ (ʾəmswo)
second person	f	እምስሽ (ʾəmsəš)	እምሳችሁ (ʾəmsaččəhu)	እምስዎ (ʾəmswo)
third person	m	እምሱ (ʾəmsu)	እምሳቸው (ʾəmsaččäw)
third person	f	እምሷ (ʾəmsʷa)	እምሳቸው (ʾəmsaččäw)

See also

ቂንጥር (ḳinṭər, “clitoris”)

References

d’Abbadie, Antoine (1881) “ሕምስ”, in Dictionnaire de la langue amariñña (Actes de la Societé Philologique; 10^[1]) (in French), Paris: F. Vieweg, column 6
Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እምስ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN