እኅው
Ge'ez
Alternative forms
- እኍ (ʾəḫʷ), እኁ (ʾəḫu)
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-. Cognate with Hebrew אָח (“brother”), Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”).
Noun
እኅው • (ʾəḫw) m (plural አኀው (ʾäḫäw))
- brother
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Genesis 24:29:
- ወባቲ ፡ ለርብቃ ፡ እኅወ ፡ ዘስሙ ፡ ላባ ፡ ወሮጸ ፡ ላባ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዝኩ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ አፍአ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዐዘቅት ፤
- wäbati lärbəḳa ʾəḫwä zäsmu laba wäroṣä laba ḫäbä zəku bəʾsi ʾäfʾä ḫäbä ʿäzäḳt ;
- And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[2], Leipzig, Genesis 42:9:
- ወዮሴፍሰ ፡ አእመሮሙ ፡ ለአኀዊሁ ፡ ወእሙንቱሰ ፡ ኢያእመርዎ ።
- wäyosefsä ʾäʾmäromu läʾäḫäwihu wäʾmuntusä ʾiyaʾmärwo .
- And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
- countryman, neighbor, compatriate, tribesman
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[3], Leipzig, Numbers 16:10:
- ወአቅረበከ ፡ ለከ ፡ ወለአኀዊከ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ሌዊ ፡ ምስሌከ ፡ ወትፈቅዱ ፡ ትኩኑ ፡ ካህናተ ።
- wäʾäḳräbäkä läkä wäläʾäḫäwikä däḳiḳä lewi məslekä wätfäḳdu təkunu kahnatä .
- And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
Declension
Declension of እኅው (ʾəḫw)
| Number | State | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative/genitive | accusative | |||
| singular | absolute | እኅው (ʾəḫw) | እኅወ (ʾəḫwä) | |
| construct | እኅወ (ʾəḫwä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | እኅውየ (ʾəḫwəyä) | ||
| 2ms | እኅውከ (ʾəḫwəkä) | እኅወከ (ʾəḫwäkä) | ||
| 2fs | እኅውኪ (ʾəḫwəki) | እኅወኪ (ʾəḫwäki) | ||
| 3ms | እኅዉ (ʾəḫwu) | እኅዎ (ʾəḫwo) | ||
| 3fs | እኅዋ (ʾəḫwa) | |||
| 1p | እኅውነ (ʾəḫwənä) | እኅወነ (ʾəḫwänä) | ||
| 2mp | እኅውክሙ (ʾəḫwəkmu) | እኅወክሙ (ʾəḫwäkmu) | ||
| 2fp | እኅውክን (ʾəḫwəkn) | እኅወክን (ʾəḫwäkn) | ||
| 3mp | እኅዎሙ (ʾəḫwomu) | |||
| 3fp | እኅዎን (ʾəḫwon) | |||
| plural | absolute | አኀው (ʾäḫäw) | አኀወ (ʾäḫäwä) | |
| construct | አኀወ (ʾäḫäwä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | አኀውየ (ʾäḫäwyä) | ||
| 2ms | አኀዊከ (ʾäḫäwikä) | |||
| 2fs | አኀውኪ (ʾäḫäwki); አኀዊኪ (ʾäḫäwiki) | |||
| 3ms | አኀዊሁ (ʾäḫäwihu) | |||
| 3fs | አኀዊሃ (ʾäḫäwiha) | |||
| 1p | አኀዊነ (ʾäḫäwinä) | |||
| 2mp | አኀዊክሙ (ʾäḫäwikmu) | |||
| 2fp | አኀዊክን (ʾäḫäwikn) | |||
| 3mp | አኀዊሆሙ (ʾäḫäwihomu) | |||
| 3fp | አኀዊሆን (ʾäḫäwihon) | |||
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “እኅው”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel