ሶር

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor) m (plural አስዋር)

1. ox
2. bull

Declension

Declension of ሶር (sor)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		ሶር (sor)	ሶረ (sorä)
	construct		ሶረ (sorä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ሶርየ (soryä)
		2ms	ሶርከ (sorkä)	ሶረከ (soräkä)
		2fs	ሶርኪ (sorki)	ሶረኪ (soräki)
		3ms	ሶሩ (soru)	ሶሮ (soro)
		3fs	ሶራ (sora)
		1p	ሶርነ (sornä)	ሶረነ (soränä)
		2mp	ሶርክሙ (sorkəmu)	ሶረክሙ (soräkmu)
		2fp	ሶርክን (sorkən)	ሶረክን (soräkn)
		3mp	ሶሮሙ (soromu)
		3fp	ሶሮን (soron)
plural	absolute		አስዋር (ʾäswar)	አስዋረ (ʾäswarä)
	construct		አስዋረ (ʾäswarä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አስዋርየ (ʾäswaryä)
		2ms	አስዋሪከ (ʾäswarikä)
		2fs	አስዋርኪ (ʾäswarki); አስዋሪኪ (ʾäswariki)
		3ms	አስዋሪሁ (ʾäswarihu)
		3fs	አስዋሪሃ (ʾäswariha)
		1p	አስዋሪነ (ʾäswarinä)
		2mp	አስዋሪክሙ (ʾäswarikmu)
		2fp	አስዋሪክን (ʾäswarikn)
		3mp	አስዋሪሆሙ (ʾäswarihomu)
		3fp	አስዋሪሆን (ʾäswarihon)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሶር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

Tigre

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor) (plural አስዋር (ʾäswar), and አስዋራት (ʾäswarat))

1. ox
2. (derogatory) gelding, castrate

Etymology 2

Cognate to or borrowed from Arabic سُور (sūr, “wall, mure”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor) (plural አስዋር (ʾäswar), and አስዋራት (ʾäswarat))

1. wall, mure

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሶር”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 193a

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor)

1. castrated goat