ቀዳሚ

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Ge'ez

Ge'ez ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : አሐዱ (ʾäḥädu)
    Ordinal : ቀዳሚ (ḳädami)

Etymology

Cognates include Tigre ቀዳም (ḳädam) and Tigrinya ቀዳማይ (ḳädamay).

Adjective

ቀዳሚ (ḳädamim (feminine singular ቀዳሚት, masculine plural ቀደምት, feminine plural ቀዳምያት)

  1. (ordinal number) first
  2. early, original
  3. ancient, prior

Declension

Noun

ቀዳሚ (ḳädami)

  1. beginning
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:
      ቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።
      ḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdrä.
      In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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