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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognates include Ge'ez ርእስ (rəʾs) and Arabic رَأْس (raʔs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾas/
- Hyphenation: ራ‧ስ
Noun
ራስ • (ras) m
- head
- top, summit
- (obsolete) ras (leader ranking directly below a king)
- When possessed, used to form reflexive pronouns; -self, -selves
- እሱ ራሱ. ― ʾəssu rasu ― He himself. (literally, “He his head.”)
Declension
Definiteness forms of ራስ (ras)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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ራስ (ras)
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| Definite subject
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ራሱ (rasu)
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| Definite object
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ራሱን (rasun)
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| General object
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ራስን (rasən)
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Possessive forms of ራስ (ras)
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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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ራሴ (rase)
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ራሳችን (rasaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ራስህ (rasəh)
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ራሳችሁ (rasaččəhu)
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ራስዎ (raswo)
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| f
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ራስሽ (rasəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ራሱ (rasu)
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ራሳቸው (rasaččäw)
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| f
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ራሷ (rasʷa)
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Descendants
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ራስ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 20