ቤት
Amharic
ቤት(1)።
ቤት(2)።
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbet/
- Hyphenation: ቤት
Noun
ቤት • (bet) m
Declension
Definiteness forms of ቤት (bet)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | ቤት (bet) |
| Definite subject | ቤቱ (betu) |
| Definite object | ቤቱን (betun) |
| General object | ቤትን (betən) |
Possessive forms of ቤት (bet)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ቤቴ (bete) | ቤታችን (betaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ቤትህ (betəh) | ቤታችሁ (betaččəhu) | ቤትዎ (betwo) |
| f | ቤትሽ (betəš) | |||
| Third person | m | ቤቱ (betu) | ቤታቸው (betaččäw) | |
| f | ቤቷ (betʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ቤት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.
Related terms
- ቤተ (betä)
- አቤተ (ʾäbetä)
- ምብያት (məbyat)
- አብያታዊ (ʾäbyatawi)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ቤት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
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