ስድስት

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Amharic

Amharic numbers (edit)
60
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6
7  → 
    Cardinal: ስድስት (səddəst)
    Ordinal: ስድስተኛ (səddəstäñña)
    Adverbial: ስድስቴ (səddəste)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šidṯ-. Cognates include Arabic سِتَّة (sitta) and Ge'ez ስድስቱ (sədsətu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨdːɨst/
  • Hyphenation: ስ‧ድስት

Numeral

ስድስት (səddəst)

  1. six

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ስድስት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 575
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50