ሴት

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Amharic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Tigrinya ሴት (set).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈset/
  • Hyphenation: ሴት

Noun[edit]

ሴት • (set) f (singulative ሴትዮ (setəyyo))

  1. (collective) woman, female
  2. (collective) womankind
  3. (collective, figurative) coward

Declension[edit]

Possessive forms of ሴት (set)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ሴቴ (sete) ሴታችን (setaččən) —
Second person m ሴትህ (setəh) ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu) ሴትዎ (setwo)
f ሴትሽ (setəš)
Third person m ሴቱ (setu) ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
f ሴቷ (setʷa)

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • (woman): ሰው (säw, “man”)

Noun[edit]

ሴት • (set) m

  1. (grammar) feminine gender

Declension[edit]

Possessive forms of ሴት (set)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ሴቴ (sete) ሴታችን (setaččən) —
Second person m ሴትህ (setəh) ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu) ሴትዎ (setwo)
f ሴትሽ (setəš)
Third person m ሴቱ (setu) ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
f ሴቷ (setʷa)

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሴት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8
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