ድመት
Amharic
ድመት።
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognates include Ge'ez ድመት (dəmmät) and Akkadian 𒁺𒈠𒈬 (du-ma-mu /dumāmu/, “leopard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɨmːət/
- Hyphenation: ድ‧መት
Usage notes
- The gender of ድመት depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either tom (masculine) or molly (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.
Declension
Definiteness forms of ድመት (dəmmät)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | ድመት (dəmmät) | |
| Definite subject | ድመቱ (dəmmätu) | ድመቷ (dəmmätʷa) ድመቲቱ (dəmmätitu) ድመቲቷ (dəmmätitʷa) |
| Definite object | ድመቱን (dəmmätun) | ድመቷን (dəmmätʷan) ድመቲቱን (dəmmätitun) ድመቲቷን (dəmmätitʷan) |
| General object | ድመትን (dəmmätən) | |
Possessive forms of ድመት (dəmmät)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ድመቴ (dəmmäte) | ድመታችን (dəmmätaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ድመትህ (dəmmätəh) | ድመታችሁ (dəmmätaččəhu) | ድመትዎ (dəmmätwo) |
| f | ድመትሽ (dəmmätəš) | |||
| Third person | m | ድመቱ (dəmmätu) | ድመታቸው (dəmmätaččäw) | |
| f | ድመቷ (dəmmätʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ድመት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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