ልጅ

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Amharic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a derivative of Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognates include Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld) and Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɨd͡ʒ/
  • Hyphenation: ልጅ

Noun

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ልጅ (ləǧm

  1. boy
  2. son
  3. child (of unspecified gender)

Declension

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References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
  • Pat-El, Na'ama (2017) “NeoArabic and Comparative Semitic in the Quest for Proto Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University., BRILL, →ISBN, page 464