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Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *lV-.
Preposition
ለ- • (lä-)
- to, for, belonging to.
Inflection
Inflected forms
| Base form
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Personal-pronoun-
including forms
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Singular
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Plural
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| Masculine
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Feminine
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Masculine
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Feminine
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| 1st person
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ሊተ (litä)
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ለነ (länä)
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| 2nd person
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ለከ (läkä)
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ለኪ (läki)
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ለክሙ (läkmu)
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ለክን (läkn)
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| 3rd person
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ሎቱ (lotu)
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ላቲ (lati)
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ሎሙ (lomu)
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ሎን (lon)
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References
Tigre
Article
ለ- • (lä-)
- the, the normal definite article in this language
Usage notes
Unlike Arabic الـ (-al) it can also be met in the construct state, even before nouns bearing pronominal suffixes. If there is a noun with adjective or numeral qualifier then either the noun or the adjective can bear it, usually first article, thereafter adjective, at last the noun. Also, in a list of nouns such as coordinated by ወ- (wä-, “and”) it may be used just once in the beginning to make all nouns determinate.
Pronoun
ለ- • (lä-)
- (differential) the one
Conjunction
ለ- • (lä-)
- A relativizer, used to indicate a relative clause
Usage notes
Usually precedes a verb, while it does need to be in the beginning of the relative clause (as Təgrē has SOV word order). If the verb has a preposition in its government then it goes in front of the preposition
Can be used without antecedent, for example:
1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 209 Nr. 285 line 4:ምን፡ሽዒር፡መልእዋ፡ምን፡ማሼላ፡ለገመት።- mən-šəʿir-mälləʾwa-mən-mašela-lä-gämmät.
- Of barley they filled and of durra what was empty .
- translation into German: Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 441
It can also be omitted if the antecedent it refers to has the definite article—an opposite of the behaviour of Arabic اَلَّذِي (allaḏī) which is required after الـ (-al).