አስተማሪ
Amharic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /astəˈmaɾi/
- Hyphenation: አስ‧ተ‧ማ‧ሪ
Usage notes
- The gender of አስተማሪ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either male teacher (masculine) or female teacher (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.
Declension
Definiteness forms of አስተማሪ (ʾastämari)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | አስተማሪ (ʾastämari) | |
| Definite subject | አስተማሪው (ʾastämariw) | አስተማሪዋ (ʾastämariwa) አስተማሪይቱ (ʾastämariyətu) አስተማሪይቷ (ʾastämariyətʷa) |
| Definite object | አስተማሪውን (ʾastämariwən) | አስተማሪዋን (ʾastämariwan) አስተማሪይቱን (ʾastämariyətun) አስተማሪይቷን (ʾastämariyətʷan) |
| General object | አስተማሪን (ʾastämarin) | |
Possessive forms of አስተማሪ (ʾastämari)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | አስተማሪዬ (ʾastämariye) | አስተማሪያችን (ʾastämariyaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | አስተማሪህ (ʾastämarih) | አስተማሪያችሁ (ʾastämariyaččəhu) | አስተማሪዎ (ʾastämariwo) |
| f | አስተማሪሽ (ʾastämariš) | |||
| Third person | m | አስተማሪው (ʾastämariw) | አስተማሪያቸው (ʾastämariyaččäw) | |
| f | አስተማሪዋ (ʾastämariwa) | |||
Descendants
- →⇒ Sidamo: astamaartichcha
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “አስተማሪ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 36
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