ቤት

Amharic

ቤት(1)።

ቤት(2)።

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-. Cognates include Ge'ez ቤት (bet) and Tigrinya ቤት (bet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbet/
• Hyphenation: ቤት

Noun

ቤት • (bet) m

1. house
2. room
3. family
4. generation
5. stall, stable
6. verse (of poetry)
7. box, sheath
8. (grammar) person
9. (mathematics) period

Declension

Definiteness forms of ቤት (bet)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ቤት (bet)
Definite subject	ቤቱ (betu)
Definite object	ቤቱን (betun)
General object	ቤትን (betən)

Possessive forms of ቤት (bet)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ቤቴ (bete)	ቤታችን (betaččən)	—
Second person	m	ቤትህ (betəh)	ቤታችሁ (betaččəhu)	ቤትዎ (betwo)
	f	ቤትሽ (betəš)
Third person	m	ቤቱ (betu)	ቤታቸው (betaččäw)
	f	ቤቷ (betʷa)

Derived terms

• ቤተ፡ክርስቲያን (betä krəstiyan)
• ፖስታ፡ቤት (posta bet)
• ሽንት፡ቤት (šənt bet)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ቤት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Noun

ቤት • (bet) (plural አብያት)

1. house

Related terms

• ቤተ (betä)
• አቤተ (ʾäbetä)
• ምብያት (məbyat)
• አብያታዊ (ʾäbyatawi)

References

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

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Noun

ቤት • (bet)

1. house