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Amharic
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ, “candle, wax”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ሻማ • (šama) f
- candle
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሻማ (šamaa)
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Feminine
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Indefinite
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ሻማ (šamaa)
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Definite subject
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ሻማዋ (šamaawa) ሻማይቱ (šamaayətu) ሻማይቷ (šamaayətʷa)
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Definite object
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ሻማዋን (šamaawan) ሻማይቱን (šamaayətun) ሻማይቷን (šamaayətʷan)
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General object
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ሻማን (šamaan)
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Possessive forms of ሻማ (šamaa)
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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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ሻማዬ (šamaaye)
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ሻማችን (šamaaččən)
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Second person
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m
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ሻማህ (šamaah)
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ሻማችሁ (šamaaččəhu)
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ሻማዎ (šamaawo)
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f
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ሻማሽ (šamaaš)
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Third person
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m
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ሻማው (šamaaw)
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ሻማቸው (šamaaččäw)
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f
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ሻማዋ (šamaawa)
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