-ዚህ
Amharic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-zːih/
See also
Amharic demonstratives
| masculine | feminine | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| proximal | simple | ይህ (yəh) | ይህች (yəhəčč) | እነዚህ (ʾənnäzzih) |
| emphatic | ይህኛው (yəhəññaw) | ይችኛዋ (yəččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚህ (-zzih) | -ዚች (-zičč) | — | |
| distal | simple | ያ (ya) | ያች (yačč) | እነዚያ (ʾənnäzziya) |
| emphatic | ያኛው (yaññaw) | ያችኛዋ (yaččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚያ (-zziya) | -ዚያች (-zziyačč) | — | |
| *) See the respective entries for alternative forms | ||||
Usage notes
- Used when following a preposition. Otherwise, the simple demonstrative ይህ (yəh) is used.
Derived terms
Amharic words suffixed with -ዚህ
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “-ዚህ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 21
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