ሰዓት

Amharic

ሰዓት(3)።

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā). Akin to Tigrinya ሰዓት (säʿat) and Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsə(ʔ)at/
• Hyphenation: ሰ‧ዓት

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿat) m (plural ሰዓቶች (säʿatočč))

1. hour
2. time
3. clock, watch
4. noon, midday

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሰዓት

	masculine
indefinite	ሰዓት (säʿat)
definite subject	ሰዓቱ (säʿatu)
definite object	ሰዓቱን (säʿatun)
general object	ሰዓትን (säʿatən)

Possessive forms of ሰዓት (säʿat)

		singular	plural	formal
first person		ሰዓቴ (säʿate)	ሰዓታችን (säʿataččən)	—
second person	m	ሰዓትህ (säʿatəh)	ሰዓታችሁ (säʿataččəhu)	ሰዓትዎ (säʿatwo)
	f	ሰዓትሽ (säʿatəš)
third person	m	ሰዓቱ (säʿatu)	ሰዓታቸው (säʿataččäw)
	f	ሰዓቷ (säʿatʷa)

References

• Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ሰዓት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 2
• “ሰዓት”, in Amharic Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in English)

Ge'ez

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿat) f or m (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))

1. alternative form of ሰዐት (säʿät)

Tigrinya

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā).

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿat) f (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))

1. hour
2. clock