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 • (säʿat) m (plural ሰዓቶች (säʿatočč))
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ሰዓት (säʿat) |
| definite subject | ሰዓቱ (säʿatu) |
| definite object | ሰዓቱን (säʿatun) |
| general object | ሰዓትን (säʿatən) |
| 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 • (säʿat) f or m (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))
- alternative form of ሰዐት (säʿät)
Tigrinya
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā).
Noun
ሰዓት • (säʿat) f (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))