Amharic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic شمع (“candle, wax”).
ሻማ • (šama) f
- candle
Declension[edit]
Definiteness forms of ሻማ (šamaa)
|
|
Feminine
|
| Indefinite
|
ሻማ (šamaa)
|
| Definite subject
|
ሻማዋ (šamaawa)
ሻማይቱ (šamaayətu)
ሻማይቷ (šamaayətʷa)
|
| Definite object
|
ሻማዋን (šamaawan)
ሻማይቱን (šamaayətun)
ሻማይቷን (šamaayətʷan)
|
| General object
|
ሻማን (šamaan)
|
Possessive forms of ሻማ (šamaa)
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
Formal
|
| First person
|
ሻማዬ (šamaaye)
|
ሻማችን (šamaaččən)
|
—
|
| Second person
|
m
|
ሻማህ (šamaah)
|
ሻማችሁ (šamaaččəhu)
|
ሻማዎ (šamaawo)
|
| f
|
ሻማሽ (šamaaš)
|
| Third person
|
m
|
ሻማው (šamaaw)
|
ሻማቸው (šamaaččäw)
|
| f
|
ሻማዋ (šamaawa)
|
