ጉበት

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabid- (“liver”). Compare Arabic كبد (kabad) and Hebrew כָּבֵד (kaved).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡubːət/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ጉ‧በት

Noun

ጉበት • (gubbät) m

1. liver

Declension

Definiteness forms of ጉበት

	masculine
indefinite	ጉበት (gubbät)
definite subject	ጉበቱ (gubbätu)
definite object	ጉበቱን (gubbätun)
general object	ጉበትን (gubbätən)

Possessive forms of ጉበት (gubbät)

		singular	plural	formal
first person		ጉበቴ (gubbäte)	ጉበታችን (gubbätaččən)	—
second person	m	ጉበትህ (gubbätəh)	ጉበታችሁ (gubbätaččəhu)	ጉበትዎ (gubbätwo)
	f	ጉበትሽ (gubbätəš)
third person	m	ጉበቱ (gubbätu)	ጉበታቸው (gubbätaččäw)
	f	ጉበቷ (gubbätʷa)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1995), Reference grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 9