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Amharic
Etymology
From a derivative of Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognates include Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld) and Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɨd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: ልጅ
Noun
ልጅ • (ləǧ) m
- boy
- son
- child (of unspecified gender)
Declension
Definiteness forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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ልጅ (ləǧ)
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| Definite subject
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ልጁ (ləǧu)
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| Definite object
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ልጁን (ləǧun)
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| General object
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ልጅን (ləǧən)
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Possessive forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
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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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ልጄ (ləǧe)
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ልጃችን (ləǧaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ልጅህ (ləǧəh)
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ልጃችሁ (ləǧaččəhu)
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ልጅዎ (ləǧwo)
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| f
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ልጅሽ (ləǧəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ልጁ (ləǧu)
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ልጃቸው (ləǧaččäw)
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| f
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ልጇ (ləǧʷa)
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
- Pat-El, Na'ama (2017) “NeoArabic and Comparative Semitic in the Quest for Proto Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University., BRILL, →ISBN, page 464