ልጅ

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Amharic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a derivative of Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognates include Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld) and Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɨd͡ʒ/
  • Hyphenation: ልጅ

Noun[edit]

ልጅ • (ləǧ) m

  1. boy
  2. son
  3. child (of unspecified gender)

Declension[edit]

Definiteness forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
Masculine
Indefinite ልጅ (ləǧ)
Definite subject ልጁ (ləǧu)
Definite object ልጁን (ləǧun)
General object ልጅን (ləǧən)
Possessive forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ልጄ (ləǧe) ልጃችን (ləǧaččən) —
Second person m ልጅህ (ləǧəh) ልጃችሁ (ləǧaččəhu) ልጅዎ (ləǧwo)
f ልጅሽ (ləǧəš)
Third person m ልጁ (ləǧu) ልጃቸው (ləǧaččäw)
f ልጇ (ləǧʷa)

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
  • Pat-El, Na'ama (2017) “NeoArabic and Comparative Semitic in the Quest for Proto Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University., BRILL, →ISBN, page 464
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