ቀዳሚ

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Ge'ez[edit]

Ge'ez ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : አሐዱ (ʾäḥädu)
    Ordinal : ቀዳሚ (ḳädami)

Etymology[edit]

Cognates include Tigre ቀዳም (ḳädam) and Tigrinya ቀዳማይ (ḳädamay).

Adjective[edit]

ቀዳሚ (ḳädamim (feminine singular ቀዳሚት, masculine plural ቀደምት, feminine plural ቀዳምያት)

  1. (ordinal number) first
  2. early, original
  3. ancient, prior

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

ቀዳሚ (ḳädami)

  1. beginning
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:
      ቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።
      ḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdrä.
      In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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