መጽሐፍ

Amharic

Root
ጸ-ሐ-ፈ (ṣä-ḥä-fä)
5 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez መጽሐፍ (mäṣḥäf). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

መጽሐፍ • (mäṣḥäf) m

1. book

Declension

Definiteness forms of መጽሐፍ

	masculine
indefinite	መጽሐፍ (mäṣḥäf)
definite subject	መጽሐፉ (mäṣḥäfu)
definite object	መጽሐፉን (mäṣḥäfun)
general object	መጽሐፍን (mäṣḥäfən)

Possessive forms of መጽሐፍ (mäṣḥäf)

		singular	plural	formal
first person		መጽሐፌ (mäṣḥäfe)	መጽሐፋችን (mäṣḥäfaččən)	—
second person	m	መጽሐፍህ (mäṣḥäfəh)	መጽሐፋችሁ (mäṣḥäfaččəhu)	መጽሐፍዎ (mäṣḥäfwo)
	f	መጽሐፍሽ (mäṣḥäfəš)
third person	m	መጽሐፉ (mäṣḥäfu)	መጽሐፋቸው (mäṣḥäfaččäw)
	f	መጽሐፏ (mäṣḥäfʷa)

Ge'ez

Root
ጸ-ሐ-ፈ (ṣä-ḥä-fä)
2 terms

Etymology

From the verb ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä).

Noun

መጽሐፍ • (mäṣḥäf) (plural መጻሕፍት (mäṣāḥəft))

1. book
2. document
3. writing
4. inscription

Related terms

• መጽሐፍና (mäṣḥäfna)
• ተጽሕፈ (täṣḥəfä)
• አጽሐፈ (ʾäṣḥäfä)
• ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä)
• ጸሐፍ (ṣäḥäf)
• ጸሓፊ (ṣäḥafi)
• ጽሑፍ (ṣəḥuf)
• ጽሕፈት (ṣəḥfät)