ልጅ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ልዥ (ləž)
Etymology
From a derivative of Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognates include Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld) and Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɨd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: ልጅ
Noun
ልጅ • (ləǧ) m
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ልጅ (ləǧ) |
| definite subject | ልጁ (ləǧu) |
| definite object | ልጁን (ləǧun) |
| general object | ልጅን (ləǧən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ልጄ (ləǧe) | ልጃችን (ləǧaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ልጅህ (ləǧəh) | ልጃችሁ (ləǧaččəhu) | ልጅዎ (ləǧwo) |
| f | ልጅሽ (ləǧəš) | |||
| third person | m | ልጁ (ləǧu) | ልጃቸው (ləǧaččäw) | |
| f | ልጇ (ləǧʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
- Pat-El, Na'ama (2017) “NeoArabic and Comparative Semitic in the Quest for Proto Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University., BRILL, →ISBN, page 464