ነ

ነ U+1290, ነ ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NA [unassigned: U+128E–U+128F] ← ኍ [U+128D] Ethiopic ኑ → [U+1291]

Translingual

Etymology

Corresponds to South Arabian 𐩬.

Letter

ነ (n or nä)

1. The twelfth letter of the Ge'ez abjad, transliterated as n.
2. A symbol of the Ge'ez abugida, transliterated as nä.

See also

• (Derived symbols): ኑ (nu), ኒ (ni), ና (na), ኔ (ne), ን (nə), ኖ (no), ኗ (nʷa)

Ge'ez

Pronoun

ነ • (-nä) pl (enclitic form of ንሕነ (nəḥna))

1. us, our (bound object pronoun)

   ቤትነ ― betnä ― our house

See also

Ge'ez personal pronouns

Isolated nominative pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		አነ (ʾanä)	ንሕነ (nəḥna)
2nd person	m	አንተ (ʾantä)	አንትሙ (ʾantəmu)
	f	አንቲ (ʾanti)	አንትን (ʾantən)
3rd person	m	ውእቱ (wəʾətu)	ውእቶሙ (wəʾətom), እሙንቱ (ʾəmuntu)
	f	ይእቲ (yəʾəti)	ውእቶን (wəʾəton), እማንቱ (ʾəmantu)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
1st person		የ (-yä), ኒ (-ni)1	ነ (-nä)
2nd person	m	ከ (-kä)	ክሙ (-kəmmu)
	f	ኪ (-ki)	ክን (-kən)
3rd person	m	ሁ (-(h)u)2	ሆሙ (-(h)omu)2
	f	ሃ (-(h)a)2	ሆን (-(h)on)2
1. የ (-yä) is attached to nouns, while ኒ (-ni) is attached to verbs. 2. In all third person suffixes, an "h" is inserted when preceded by a vowel.

References

• August Dillmann, Carl Bezold (1857, 1899) James A. Crichton, transl., Ethiopic Grammar‎^[1], 2nd edition, London: Williams & Norgate, published 1907, pages 339-340