በጣጢስ

Amharic

በጣጢስ።

Alternative forms

• በጣጥስ (bäṭaṭəs), መጣጢስ (mäṭaṭis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَطَاطِس (baṭāṭis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈtʼatʼis/
• Hyphenation: በ‧ጣ‧ጢስ

Noun

በጣጢስ • (bäṭaṭis) m

1. sweet potato

Declension

Definiteness forms of በጣጢስ (bäṭaṭis)

	Masculine
Indefinite	በጣጢስ (bäṭaṭis)
Definite subject	በጣጢሱ (bäṭaṭisu)
Definite object	በጣጢሱን (bäṭaṭisun)
General object	በጣጢስን (bäṭaṭisən)

Possessive forms of በጣጢስ (bäṭaṭis)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		በጣጢሴ (bäṭaṭise)	በጣጢሳችን (bäṭaṭisaččən)	—
Second person	m	በጣጢስህ (bäṭaṭisəh)	በጣጢሳችሁ (bäṭaṭisaččəhu)	በጣጢስዎ (bäṭaṭiswo)
	f	በጣጢስሽ (bäṭaṭisəš)
Third person	m	በጣጢሱ (bäṭaṭisu)	በጣጢሳቸው (bäṭaṭisaččäw)
	f	በጣጢሷ (bäṭaṭisʷa)

Synonyms

• ድንች (dənnəčč)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “በጣጢስ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (1996) “potato”, in Concise Amharic Dictionary, University of California Press, →ISBN

Tigre

Alternative forms

• በጣጢሽ (bäṭaṭiš)

Etymology

From Arabic بَطَاطِس (baṭāṭis).

Noun

በጣጢስ • (bäṭaṭis)

1. potato

   Synonym: ድንሽ (dənnəš)

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “በጣጢስ”, 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 300b

Tigrinya

Alternative forms

• በጣጢሽ (bäṭaṭiš), በጣጥስ (bäṭaṭəs), በጣጥሽ (bäṭaṭəš)

Etymology

From Arabic بَطَاطِس (baṭāṭis).

Noun

በጣጢስ • (bäṭaṭis)

1. potato

   Synonym: ድንሽ (dənnəš)