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Amharic

Amharic numbers (edit)
40
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4
5  → 
    Cardinal: አራት (ʾaratt)
    Ordinal: አራተኛ (ʾarattäñña)
    Adverbial: አራቴ (ʾaratte)
    Fractional: ሩብ (rub)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ-. Cognates include Arabic أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa) and Ge'ez አርበዕቱ (ʾärbäʿtu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)aɾatː/
  • Hyphenation: አ‧ራት
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Numeral

አራት (ʾaratt)

  1. four

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አራት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1151
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50