ፈረስ

Amharic

ፈረስ(1)።

ፈረስ(2)።

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *paraš-. Cognates include Ge'ez ፈረስ (färäs) and Arabic فَرَس‎ (faras).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəɾəs/
• Hyphenation: ፈ‧ረስ

Noun

ፈረስ • (färäs) m or f (plural ፈረሶች (färäsočč))

1. horse
2. (chess, rare) knight

Declension

Definiteness forms of ፈረስ (färäs)

	Masculine	Feminine
Indefinite	ፈረስ (färäs)
Definite	ፈረሱ (färäsu)	ፈረሷ (färäsʷa) ፈረሲቱ (färäsitu) ፈረሲቷ (färäsitʷa)

Possessive forms of ፈረስ (färäs)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ፈረሴ (färäse)	ፈረሳችን (färäsaččən)	—
Second person	m	ፈረስህ (färäsəh)	ፈረሳችሁ (färäsaččəhu)	ፈረስዎ (färäswo)
	f	ፈረስሽ (färäsəš)
Third person	m	ፈረሱ (färäsu)	ፈረሳቸው (färäsaččäw)
	f	ፈረሷ (färäsʷa)

Usage notes

• The gender of ፈረስ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either stallion (masculine) or mare (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ፈረስ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 20

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Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic فَرَسٌ‎ (farasun), Hebrew פָּרָשׁ‎.

Noun

ፈረስ • (färäs) m or f (plural አፍራስ)

1. horse

Related terms

• ፈረሳዊ (färäsawi)
• አፍራሲ (ʾäfrasi)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ፈረስ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

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Tigrinya

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic فَرَس‎ (faras)

Noun

ፈረስ • (färäs) (plural ኣፍራሰ (ʾafrasä))

1. horse