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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šim-. Cognates include Ge'ez ስም (səm) and Arabic اِسْم (ism).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɨm/
- Hyphenation: ስም
Noun
ስም • (səm) m
- name
- fame, reputation
- (grammar) noun
Declension
Definiteness forms of ስም (səm)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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ስም (səm)
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| Definite subject
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ስሙ (səmu)
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| Definite object
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ስሙን (səmun)
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| General object
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ስምን (səmən)
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Possessive forms of ስም (səm)
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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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ስሜ (səme)
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ስማችን (səmaččən)
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| Second person
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m
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ስምህ (səməh)
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ስማችሁ (səmaččəhu)
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ስምዎ (səmwo)
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ስምሽ (səməš)
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| Third person
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m
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ስሙ (səmu)
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ስማቸው (səmaččäw)
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| f
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ስሟ (səmʷa)
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ስም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Argobba
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šim-.
Noun
ስም (səm) m
- name
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šim-.
Noun
ስም • (səm) (plural አስማት)
- name
Related terms
References
Tigre
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šim-.
Noun
ስም • (səm) m
- name
Tigrinya
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šim-.
Noun
ስም • (səm) m
- name
- (grammar) noun