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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʔn- (“small cattle”). Cognates include Ge'ez ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an) and Tigrinya ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɨsʼan/
- Hyphenation: ሕ‧ፃን
Noun
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣ́an) m or f by sense (plural ሕፃናት (ḥəṣ́anat))
- baby, infant
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an)
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Masculine
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Feminine
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| Indefinite
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ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an)
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| Definite subject
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ሕፃኑ (ḥəṣ́anu)
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ሕፃኗ (ḥəṣ́anʷa)
ሕፃኒቱ (ḥəṣ́anitu)
ሕፃኒቷ (ḥəṣ́anitʷa)
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| Definite object
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ሕፃኑን (ḥəṣ́anun)
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ሕፃኗን (ḥəṣ́anʷan)
ሕፃኒቱን (ḥəṣ́anitun)
ሕፃኒቷን (ḥəṣ́anitʷan)
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| General object
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ሕፃንን (ḥəṣ́anən)
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Possessive forms of ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an)
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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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ሕፃኔ (ḥəṣ́ane)
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ሕፃናችን (ḥəṣ́anaččən)
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| Second person
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m
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ሕፃንህ (ḥəṣ́anəh)
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ሕፃናችሁ (ḥəṣ́anaččəhu)
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ሕፃንዎ (ḥəṣ́anwo)
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| f
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ሕፃንሽ (ḥəṣ́anəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ሕፃኑ (ḥəṣ́anu)
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ሕፃናቸው (ḥəṣ́anaččäw)
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| f
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ሕፃኗ (ḥəṣ́anʷa)
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕፃን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Ge'ez
Etymology
From ሐፀነ (ḥäṣ́änä).
Noun
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣ́an) ? (plural ሕፃናት (ḥəṣ́anat))
- infant, young child, page
References
Tigrinya
Noun
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣan)
- infant
- child