አህያ

Amharic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈhɨjːa/
  • Hyphenation: አ‧ህ‧ያ

Noun

አህያ • (ʾahəyya) m or f by sense (plural አህዮች (ʾahəyyočč) or አህያዎች (ʾahəyyawočč))

  1. donkey, ass
  2. (figurative, derogatory) idiot, blockhead
  3. (figurative) roofbeam
  4. (figurative) side and end boards of a traditional Ethiopian charpoy bed to which the legs are fastened

Declension

Definiteness forms of አህያ
masculine feminine
indefinite አህያ (ʾahəyya)
definite subject አህያው (ʾahəyyaw) አህያዋ (ʾahəyyawa)
አህያይቱ (ʾahəyyayətu)
አህያይቷ (ʾahəyyayətʷa)
definite object አህያውን (ʾahəyyawən) አህያዋን (ʾahəyyawan)
አህያይቱን (ʾahəyyayətun)
አህያይቷን (ʾahəyyayətʷan)
general object አህያን (ʾahəyyan)
Possessive forms of አህያ (ʾahəyya)
singular plural formal
first person አህያዬ (ʾahəyyaye) አህያችን (ʾahəyyaččən) —
second person m አህያህ (ʾahəyyah) አህያችሁ (ʾahəyyaččəhu) አህያዎ (ʾahəyyawo)
f አህያሽ (ʾahəyyaš)
third person m አህያው (ʾahəyyaw) አህያቸው (ʾahəyyaččäw)
f አህያዋ (ʾahəyyawa)

References

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