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Amharic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhajː/
- Hyphenation: ሐይ
Noun
ሐይ • (ḥayy) m or f
- beast, animal
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሐይ (ḥayy)
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Masculine
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Feminine
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| Indefinite
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ሐይ (ḥayy)
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| Definite subject
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ሐዩ (ḥayyu)
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ሐዯ (ḥayyʷa)
ሐዪቱ (ḥayyitu)
ሐዪቷ (ḥayyitʷa)
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| Definite object
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ሐዩን (ḥayyun)
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ሐዯን (ḥayyʷan)
ሐዪቱን (ḥayyitun)
ሐዪቷን (ḥayyitʷan)
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| General object
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ሐይን (ḥayyən)
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Possessive forms of ሐይ (ḥayy)
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Singular
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Plural
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Formal
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| First person
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ሐዬ (ḥayye)
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ሐያችን (ḥayyaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ሐይህ (ḥayyəh)
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ሐያችሁ (ḥayyaččəhu)
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ሐይዎ (ḥayywo)
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| f
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ሐይሽ (ḥayyəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ሐዩ (ḥayyu)
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ሐያቸው (ḥayyaččäw)
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| f
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ሐዯ (ḥayyʷa)
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሐይ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 24