ሰባት

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Amharic[edit]

Amharic numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6
7
8  → 
    Cardinal: ሰባት (säbatt)
    Ordinal: ሰባተኛ (säbattäñña)
    Adverbial: ሰባቴ (säbatte)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *šabʿ-. Cognates include Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa) and Ge'ez ሰብዐቱ (säbʿätu).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsəbatː/
  • Hyphenation: ሰ‧ባት

Numeral[edit]

ሰባት (säbatt)

  1. seven

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰባት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 524
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50