ሕፃን
Amharic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ህጻን (həṣan)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʔn- (“small cattle”). Cognates include Ge'ez ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an) and Tigrinya ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣ́an) m or f by sense (plural ሕፃናት (ḥəṣ́anat))
Declension edit
Definiteness forms of ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an)
Possessive forms of ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an)
References edit
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕፃን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Tigrinya edit
Noun edit
ሕፃን • (ḥəṣan)