በሬ

Amharic

በሬ(1)።

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bVʕVr-. Cognates include Ge'ez ብዕር (bəʿər) and Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr, “camel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəɾe/
• Hyphenation: በ‧ሬ

Noun

በሬ • (bäre) m

1. ox, bull (male bovine)
2. (figurative) strong and gentle person

Declension

Definiteness forms of በሬ (bäre)

	Masculine
Indefinite	በሬ (bäre)
Definite subject	በሬው (bärew)
Definite object	በሬውን (bärewən)
General object	በሬን (bären)

Possessive forms of በሬ (bäre)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		በሬዬ (bäreye)	በሬያችን (bäreyaččən)	—
Second person	m	በሬህ (bäreh)	በሬያችሁ (bäreyaččəhu)	በሬዎ (bärewo)
	f	በሬሽ (bäreš)
Third person	m	በሬው (bärew)	በሬያቸው (bäreyaččäw)
	f	በሬዋ (bärewa)

Coordinate terms

• (male bovine): ላም (lam, “cow”)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “በሬ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 20