ጓደኛ

Amharic

Root
ጐ-ደ-ኘ
(gʷä-dä-ñä)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʷadːəɲːa/
  • Hyphenation: ጓ‧ደ‧ኛ

Noun

ጓደኛ • (gʷaddäññam or f by sense (plural ጓደኞች (gʷaddäññočč) or ጓደኛሞች (gʷaddäññamočč))

  1. friend
    Synonym: ወዳጅ (wädaǧ)
  2. companion
  3. boyfriend
    Synonym: ፈቅረኛ (fäḳräña)

Declension

Definiteness forms of ጓደኛ
masculine feminine
indefinite ጓደኛ (gʷaddäñña)
definite subject ጓደኛው (gʷaddäññaw) ጓደኛዋ (gʷaddäññawa)
ጓደኛይቱ (gʷaddäññayətu)
ጓደኛይቷ (gʷaddäññayətʷa)
definite object ጓደኛውን (gʷaddäññawən) ጓደኛዋን (gʷaddäññawan)
ጓደኛይቱን (gʷaddäññayətun)
ጓደኛይቷን (gʷaddäññayətʷan)
general object ጓደኛን (gʷaddäññan)
Possessive forms of ጓደኛ (gʷaddäñña)
singular plural formal
first person ጓደኛዬ (gʷaddäññaye) ጓደኛችን (gʷaddäññaččən)
second person m ጓደኛህ (gʷaddäññah) ጓደኛችሁ (gʷaddäññaččəhu) ጓደኛዎ (gʷaddäññawo)
f ጓደኛሽ (gʷaddäññaš)
third person m ጓደኛው (gʷaddäññaw) ጓደኛቸው (gʷaddäññaččäw)
f ጓደኛዋ (gʷaddäññawa)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ጓደኛ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN