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Amharic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəfˈfətə/
- Hyphenation: ከ‧ፈ‧ተ
Verb
ከፈተ • (käffätä)
- (transitive) to open
- (transitive) to unlock
- (transitive) to turn on
- (transitive) to reveal
- (transitive) to explain
- (transitive) to subjugate
- (intransitive, of weather) to clear up
- (intransitive, of colours) to brighten
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ከፈተ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 15
Chaha
Etymology
Compare Tigrinya ከፈተ (käfätä, “open”).
Verb
ከፈተ (käfätä)
- to open
Further reading
- Sharon Rose, Chaha (Gurage) Morphology
- John J McCarthy, Consonantal Morphology in the Chaha Verb
Tigrinya
Verb
ከፈተ • (käfätä)
- to open
Conjugation
Conjugation of ከፈተ
infinitive
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ምክፋት
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perfect
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gerundive
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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1st
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ከፈትኩ
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ከፈትና
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1st
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ከፊተ
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ከፊትና
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2nd
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m
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ከፈትካ
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ከፈትኩም
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2nd
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m
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ከፊትካ
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ከፊትኩም
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f
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ከፈትኪ
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ከፈትክን
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f
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ከፊትኪ
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ከፊትክን
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3rd
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m
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ከፈተ
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ከፈቱ
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3rd
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m
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ከፊቱ
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ከፊቶም
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f
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ከፈተት
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ከፈታ
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f
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ከፊታ
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ከፊተን
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imperfect
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jussive
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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1st
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እከፍት
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ንከፍት
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1st
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እክፈት
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ንክፈት
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2nd
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m
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ትከፍት
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ትከፍቱ
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2nd
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m
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ትክፈት
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ትክፈቱ
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f
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ትከፍቲ
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ትከፍታ
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f
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ትክፈቲ
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ትክፈታ
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3rd
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m
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ይከፍት
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ይከፍቱ
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3rd
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m
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ይክፈት
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ይክፈቱ
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f
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ትከፍት
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ይከፍታ
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f
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ትክፈት
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ይክፈታ
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affirmative commands
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negative commands
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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2nd
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m
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ክፈት
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ክፈቱ
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2nd
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m
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ኣይትክፈት
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ኣይትክፈቱ
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f
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ክፈቲ
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ክፈታ
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f
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ኣይትክፈቲ
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ኣይትክፈታ
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