ልጅ

Amharic

Alternative forms

• ልዥ (ləž)

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognates include Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld) and Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɨd͡ʒ/
• Hyphenation: ልጅ

Noun

ልጅ • (ləǧ) m

1. boy
2. son
3. child (of unspecified gender)

Declension

Definiteness forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ልጅ (ləǧ)
Definite subject	ልጁ (ləǧu)
Definite object	ልጁን (ləǧun)
General object	ልጅን (ləǧən)

Possessive forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ልጄ (ləǧe)	ልጃችን (ləǧaččən)	—
Second person	m	ልጅህ (ləǧəh)	ልጃችሁ (ləǧaččəhu)	ልጅዎ (ləǧwo)
	f	ልጅሽ (ləǧəš)
Third person	m	ልጁ (ləǧu)	ልጃቸው (ləǧaččäw)
	f	ልጇ (ləǧʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
• Pat-El, Na'ama (2017) “NeoArabic and Comparative Semitic in the Quest for Proto Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University., BRILL, →ISBN, page 464