አፍ

Amharic

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አፍ

ጭንቅላት

አንጐል

ዓይን

ከንፈር

አፍንጫ

አፍ

አገጭ

መንጋጋ

ጆሮ

ሰሪሳራ

አንገት

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Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Cognates include Arabic فَم (fam). Compare also Afar af.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)af/

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• Hyphenation: አፍ

Noun

አፍ • (ʾaf) m

1. mouth
2. beak
3. snout
4. language
5. entrance, opening
6. edge (of a blade)

Declension

Definiteness forms of አፍ

	masculine
indefinite	አፍ (ʾaf)
definite subject	አፉ (ʾafu)
definite object	አፉን (ʾafun)
general object	አፍን (ʾafən)

Possessive forms of አፍ (ʾaf)

		singular	plural	formal
first person		አፌ (ʾafe)	አፋችን (ʾafaččən)	—
second person	m	አፍህ (ʾafəh)	አፋችሁ (ʾafaččəhu)	አፍዎ (ʾafwo)
	f	አፍሽ (ʾafəš)
third person	m	አፉ (ʾafu)	አፋቸው (ʾafaččäw)
	f	አፏ (ʾafʷa)

References

• Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “አፍ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1346

Argobba

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”).

Noun

አፍ (ʾäf) ?

1. mouth

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”).

Noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) f or m (plural አፈው (ʾäfäw), and አፈዋት (ʾäfäwat))

1. mouth
2. orifice, entrance
3. cutting edge of a sword

Declension

Declension of አፍ (ʾäf)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		አፍ (ʾäf)	አፈ (ʾäfä)
	construct		አፈ (ʾäfä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አፉየ (ʾäfuyä)	አፋየ (ʾäfayä)
		2ms	አፉከ (ʾäfukä)	አፋከ (ʾäfakä)
		2fs	አፉኪ (ʾäfuki)	አፋኪ (ʾäfaki)
		3ms	አፉሁ (ʾäfuhu)	አፋሁ (ʾäfahu)
		3fs	አፉሃ (ʾäfuha)	አፋሃ (ʾäfaha)
		1p	አፉነ (ʾäfunä)	አፋነ (ʾäfanä)
		2mp	አፉክሙ (ʾäfukmu)	አፋክሙ (ʾäfakmu)
		2fp	አፉክን (ʾäfukn)	አፋክን (ʾäfakn)
		3mp	አፉሆሙ (ʾäfuhomu)	አፋሆሙ (ʾäfahomu)
		3fp	አፉሆን (ʾäfuhon)	አፋሆን (ʾäfahon)
plural	absolute		አፈው (ʾäfäw)	አፈወ (ʾäfäwä)
	construct		አፈወ (ʾäfäwä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አፈውየ (ʾäfäwyä)
		2ms	አፈዊከ (ʾäfäwikä)
		2fs	አፈውኪ (ʾäfäwki); አፈዊኪ (ʾäfäwiki)
		3ms	አፈዊሁ (ʾäfäwihu)
		3fs	አፈዊሃ (ʾäfäwiha)
		1p	አፈዊነ (ʾäfäwinä)
		2mp	አፈዊክሙ (ʾäfäwikmu)
		2fp	አፈዊክን (ʾäfäwikn)
		3mp	አፈዊሆሙ (ʾäfäwihomu)
		3fp	አፈዊሆን (ʾäfäwihon)
plural	absolute		አፈዋት (ʾäfäwat)	አፈዋተ (ʾäfäwatä)
	construct		አፈዋተ (ʾäfäwatä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አፈዋትየ (ʾäfäwatyä)
		2ms	አፈዋቲከ (ʾäfäwatikä)
		2fs	አፈዋትኪ (ʾäfäwatki); አፈዋቲኪ (ʾäfäwatiki)
		3ms	አፈዋቲሁ (ʾäfäwatihu)
		3fs	አፈዋቲሃ (ʾäfäwatiha)
		1p	አፈዋቲነ (ʾäfäwatinä)
		2mp	አፈዋቲክሙ (ʾäfäwatikmu)
		2fp	አፈዋቲክን (ʾäfäwatikn)
		3mp	አፈዋቲሆሙ (ʾäfäwatihomu)
		3fp	አፈዋቲሆን (ʾäfäwatihon)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “አፍ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 808–809
• Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 8b

Harari

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”).

Noun

አፍ (ʾäf)

1. mouth

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɐ̈f]

Noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) m (before pronominal suffix also አፉ (ʾäfu), plural አፈይት (ʾäfäyt), as well as አፈች (ʾäfäč), and obsolete አፈይ (ʾäfäy), as well as አፈጅ (ʾäfäǧ))

1. mouth
2. nostril
3. cutting edge of a sword, lance and even whip
4. end, limit, edge

References

• Munzinger, Werner (1865), “አፍ”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel^[1][2], page 47
• Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “አፍ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[3], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 388a
• Raz, Shlomo (1983), Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, pages 10, 18, 20, 21 and 141

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɐf/

Noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) ?

1. mouth