ሩዝ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾuz/
• Hyphenation: ሩዝ

Noun

ሩዝ • (ruz) m

1. rice

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሩዝ (ruz)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ሩዝ (ruz)
Definite subject	ሩዙ (ruzu)
Definite object	ሩዙን (ruzun)
General object	ሩዝን (ruzən)

Possessive forms of ሩዝ (ruz)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ሩዜ (ruze)	ሩዛችን (ruzaččən)	—
Second person	m	ሩዝህ (ruzəh)	ሩዛችሁ (ruzaččəhu)	ሩዝዎ (ruzwo)
	f	ሩዝሽ (ruzəš)
Third person	m	ሩዙ (ruzu)	ሩዛቸው (ruzaččäw)
	f	ሩዟ (ruzʷa)

Descendants

• →? Afar: rúddi (possibly from Arabic)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሩዝ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Tigrinya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

Noun

ሩዝ • (ruz) m

1. rice