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Amharic
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez አመት (ʾämät).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)amət/
- Hyphenation: አ‧መት
Noun
አመት • (ʾamät) f
- (rare) handmaid, female slave
Declension
Definiteness forms of አመት (ʾamät)
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Feminine
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| Indefinite
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አመት (ʾamät)
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| Definite subject
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አመቷ (ʾamätʷa)
አመቲቱ (ʾamätitu)
አመቲቷ (ʾamätitʷa)
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| Definite object
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አመቷን (ʾamätʷan)
አመቲቱን (ʾamätitun)
አመቲቷን (ʾamätitʷan)
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| General object
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አመትን (ʾamätən)
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Possessive forms of አመት (ʾamät)
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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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አመቴ (ʾamäte)
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አመታችን (ʾamätaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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አመትህ (ʾamätəh)
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አመታችሁ (ʾamätaččəhu)
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አመትዎ (ʾamätwo)
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| f
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አመትሽ (ʾamätəš)
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| Third person
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m
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አመቱ (ʾamätu)
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አመታቸው (ʾamätaččäw)
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| f
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አመቷ (ʾamätʷa)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
አመት • (ʾamät) m (plural አመታት (ʾamätat) or አመቶች (ʾamätočč))
- Alternative spelling of ዓመት (ʿamät)
Declension
Definiteness forms of አመት (ʾamät)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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አመት (ʾamät)
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| Definite subject
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አመቱ (ʾamätu)
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| Definite object
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አመቱን (ʾamätun)
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| General object
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አመትን (ʾamätən)
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Possessive forms of አመት (ʾamät)
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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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አመቴ (ʾamäte)
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አመታችን (ʾamätaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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አመትህ (ʾamätəh)
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አመታችሁ (ʾamätaččəhu)
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አመትዎ (ʾamätwo)
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| f
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አመትሽ (ʾamätəš)
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| Third person
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m
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አመቱ (ʾamätu)
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አመታቸው (ʾamätaččäw)
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| f
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አመቷ (ʾamätʷa)
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አመት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 9
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
Noun
አመት • (ʾämät) (plural አእማት (ʾäʾmat))
- handmaid, female slave
Descendants
References
Tigre
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
Noun
አመት • (ʾämät) (plural ኣማት (ʾamat), and ኣሙት (ʾamut))
- handmaid, female slave
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አመት”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 356a