ፈረስ

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Amharic

ፈረስ(1)።
ፈረስ(2)።

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *paraš-. Cognates include Ge'ez ፈረስ (färäs) and Arabic فَرَس (faras).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfəɾəs/
  • Hyphenation: ፈ‧ረስ

Noun

ፈረስ • (färäs) m or f by sense (plural ፈረሶች (färäsočč))

  1. horse
  2. (chess, rare) knight

Declension

Definiteness forms of ፈረስ (färäs)
Masculine Feminine
Indefinite ፈረስ (färäs)
Definite subject ፈረሱ (färäsu) ፈረሷ (färäsʷa)
ፈረሲቱ (färäsitu)
ፈረሲቷ (färäsitʷa)
Definite object ፈረሱን (färäsun) ፈረሷን (färäsʷan)
ፈረሲቱን (färäsitun)
ፈረሲቷን (färäsitʷan)
General object ፈረስን (färäsən)
Possessive forms of ፈረስ (färäs)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ፈረሴ (färäse) ፈረሳችን (färäsaččən) —
Second person m ፈረስህ (färäsəh) ፈረሳችሁ (färäsaččəhu) ፈረስዎ (färäswo)
f ፈረስሽ (färäsəš)
Third person m ፈረሱ (färäsu) ፈረሳቸው (färäsaččäw)
f ፈረሷ (färäsʷa)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ፈረስ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 20

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic فَرَسٌ (farasun), Hebrew פָּרָשׁ.

Noun

ፈረስ • (färäs) m or f (plural አፍራስ)

  1. horse

References

Tigrinya

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic فَرَس (faras)

Noun

ፈረስ • (färäs) (plural ኣፍራሰ (ʾafrasä))

  1. horse
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