ሙሽራ
Amharic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuʃɨrːa/
- Hyphenation: ሙ‧ሽ‧ራ
Usage notes
- The gender of ሙሽራ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either groom (masculine) or bride (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሙሽራ (mušərra)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | ሙሽራ (mušərra) | |
| Definite subject | ሙሽራው (mušərraw) | ሙሽራዋ (mušərrawa) ሙሽራይቱ (mušərrayətu) ሙሽራይቷ (mušərrayətʷa) |
| Definite object | ሙሽራውን (mušərrawən) | ሙሽራዋን (mušərrawan) ሙሽራይቱን (mušərrayətun) ሙሽራይቷን (mušərrayətʷan) |
| General object | ሙሽራን (mušərran) | |
Possessive forms of ሙሽራ (mušərra)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ሙሽራዬ (mušərraye) | ሙሽራችን (mušərraččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ሙሽራህ (mušərrah) | ሙሽራችሁ (mušərraččəhu) | ሙሽራዎ (mušərrawo) |
| f | ሙሽራሽ (mušərraš) | |||
| Third person | m | ሙሽራው (mušərraw) | ሙሽራቸው (mušərraččäw) | |
| f | ሙሽራዋ (mušərrawa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ሙሽራ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35
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