አንገት

Amharic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)anɡət/
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  • Hyphenation: አን‧ገት

Noun

አንገት • (ʾangätm

  1. neck
  2. necklace
  3. bottleneck
  4. mountain pass
  5. (figurative) common sense, good judgement

Declension

Definiteness forms of አንገት
masculine
indefinite አንገት (ʾangät)
definite subject አንገቱ (ʾangätu)
definite object አንገቱን (ʾangätun)
general object አንገትን (ʾangätən)
Possessive forms of አንገት (ʾangät)
singular plural formal
first person አንገቴ (ʾangäte) አንገታችን (ʾangätaččən)
second person m አንገትህ (ʾangätəh) አንገታችሁ (ʾangätaččəhu) አንገትዎ (ʾangätwo)
f አንገትሽ (ʾangätəš)
third person m አንገቱ (ʾangätu) አንገታቸው (ʾangätaččäw)
f አንገቷ (ʾangätʷa)

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “አንገት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1247