አጥንት

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Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)atʼɨnt/
  • Hyphenation: አ‧ጥንት

Noun

አጥንት (ʾaṭəntm (plural አጥንቶች (ʾaṭəntočč))

  1. bone

Declension

Definiteness forms of አጥንት
masculine
indefinite አጥንት (ʾaṭənt)
definite subject አጥንቱ (ʾaṭəntu)
definite object አጥንቱን (ʾaṭəntun)
general object አጥንትን (ʾaṭəntən)
Possessive forms of አጥንት (ʾaṭənt)
singular plural formal
first person አጥንቴ (ʾaṭənte) አጥንታችን (ʾaṭəntaččən)
second person m አጥንትህ (ʾaṭəntəh) አጥንታችሁ (ʾaṭəntaččəhu) አጥንትዎ (ʾaṭəntwo)
f አጥንትሽ (ʾaṭəntəš)
third person m አጥንቱ (ʾaṭəntu) አጥንታቸው (ʾaṭəntaččäw)
f አጥንቷ (ʾaṭəntʷa)

References

  • Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English, London: The Church Missionary Society, page 136
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አጥንት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1339
  • Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 153