ሰዓት

Amharic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā). Akin to Tigrinya ሰዓት (säʿat) and Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsə(ʔ)at/
  • Hyphenation: ሰ‧ዓት

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿatm (plural ሰዓቶች (säʿatočč))

  1. hour
  2. time
  3. clock, watch
  4. noon, midday

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሰዓት
masculine
indefinite ሰዓት (säʿat)
definite subject ሰዓቱ (säʿatu)
definite object ሰዓቱን (säʿatun)
general object ሰዓትን (säʿatən)
Possessive forms of ሰዓት (säʿat)
singular plural formal
first person ሰዓቴ (säʿate) ሰዓታችን (säʿataččən)
second person m ሰዓትህ (säʿatəh) ሰዓታችሁ (säʿataččəhu) ሰዓትዎ (säʿatwo)
f ሰዓትሽ (säʿatəš)
third person m ሰዓቱ (säʿatu) ሰዓታቸው (säʿataččäw)
f ሰዓቷ (säʿatʷa)

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ሰዓት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 2
  • ሰዓት”, in Amharic Dictionary[1] (overall work in English)

Ge'ez

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿatf or m (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))

  1. alternative form of ሰዐት (säʿät)

Tigrinya

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā).

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿatf (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))

  1. hour
  2. clock