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Amharic
Etymology
Akin to Tigrinya ሴት (set).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈset/
- Hyphenation: ሴት
Noun
ሴት • (set) f (singulative ሴትዮ (setəyyo))
- (collective) woman, female
- (collective) womankind
- (collective, figurative) coward
Declension
Possessive forms of ሴት (set)
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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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ሴቴ (sete)
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ሴታችን (setaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ሴትህ (setəh)
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ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu)
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ሴትዎ (setwo)
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| f
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ሴትሽ (setəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ሴቱ (setu)
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ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
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| f
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ሴቷ (setʷa)
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Coordinate terms
Noun
ሴት • (set) m
- (grammar) feminine gender
Declension
Possessive forms of ሴት (set)
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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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ሴቴ (sete)
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ሴታችን (setaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ሴትህ (setəh)
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ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu)
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ሴትዎ (setwo)
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| f
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ሴትሽ (setəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ሴቱ (setu)
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ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
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| f
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ሴቷ (setʷa)
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሴት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8