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Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḥaṣ́an-. Compare Tigrinya ሓጸነ (ḥaṣänä, “protect, adopt”), Amharic ኣጠነ (ʾaṭṭänä, “raise a child”), Arabic حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana, “to hug, nurse, rear”), Akkadian (ḫaṣānu, “embrace”).
Verb
ሐፀነ • (ḥäṣ́änä) (present ይሕፅን (yəḥṣ́ən))
- to nurse, nourish
- to suckle
- to rear, bring up
- to train, educate
- to foster, take care of
- ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́n)
- ማሕፀን (maḥəṣ́än, “bosom, womb”)
- ኣሕፀነ (ʾaḥṣ́änä) (causative)
- ተሐፅነ (täḥäṣ́nä) (passive)
- ሐፃኒ (ḥäṣ́ani, “tutor, guardian”)
- ሐፃኒት (ḥäṣ́anit, “wet nurse”)
- ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an, “infant, young child”)
- ሕፅነት (ḥəṣ́nät, “nursing, education, upbringing”)
- ሕፃናዊ (ḥəṣ́anawi, “childish”)
- ሕፃንና (ḥəṣ́anənna), ሕፃና (ḥəṣ́anna, “childhood”)
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 226