ፊት

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-. Cognates include Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa) and Hebrew פֵּאָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfit/
• Hyphenation: ፊት

Noun

ፊት • (fit) m

1. face
2. front

Declension

Definiteness forms of ፊት

	masculine
indefinite	ፊት (fit)
definite subject	ፊቱ (fitu)
definite object	ፊቱን (fitun)
general object	ፊትን (fitən)

Possessive forms of ፊት (fit)

		singular	plural	formal
first person		ፊቴ (fite)	ፊታችን (fitaččən)	—
second person	m	ፊትህ (fitəh)	ፊታችሁ (fitaččəhu)	ፊትዎ (fitwo)
	f	ፊትሽ (fitəš)
third person	m	ፊቱ (fitu)	ፊታቸው (fitaččäw)
	f	ፊቷ (fitʷa)

Descendants

• → Tigrinya: ፊት (fit)

References

• Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ፊት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3