አመት

Amharic

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez አመት (ʾämät).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)amət/
• Hyphenation: አ‧መት

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Noun

አመት • (ʾamät) f

1. (rare) handmaid, female slave

Declension

Definiteness forms of አመት (ʾamät)

	Feminine
Indefinite	አመት (ʾamät)
Definite subject	አመቷ (ʾamätʷa) አመቲቱ (ʾamätitu) አመቲቷ (ʾamätitʷa)
Definite object	አመቷን (ʾamätʷan) አመቲቱን (ʾamätitun) አመቲቷን (ʾamätitʷan)
General object	አመትን (ʾamätən)

Possessive forms of አመት (ʾamät)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		አመቴ (ʾamäte)	አመታችን (ʾamätaččən)	—
Second person	m	አመትህ (ʾamätəh)	አመታችሁ (ʾamätaččəhu)	አመትዎ (ʾamätwo)
	f	አመትሽ (ʾamätəš)
Third person	m	አመቱ (ʾamätu)	አመታቸው (ʾamätaččäw)
	f	አመቷ (ʾamätʷa)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

አመት • (ʾamät) m (plural አመታት (ʾamätat) or አመቶች (ʾamätočč))

1. Alternative spelling of ዓመት (ʿamät)

Declension

Definiteness forms of አመት (ʾamät)

	Masculine
Indefinite	አመት (ʾamät)
Definite subject	አመቱ (ʾamätu)
Definite object	አመቱን (ʾamätun)
General object	አመትን (ʾamätən)

Possessive forms of አመት (ʾamät)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		አመቴ (ʾamäte)	አመታችን (ʾamätaččən)	—
Second person	m	አመትህ (ʾamätəh)	አመታችሁ (ʾamätaččəhu)	አመትዎ (ʾamätwo)
	f	አመትሽ (ʾamätəš)
Third person	m	አመቱ (ʾamätu)	አመታቸው (ʾamätaččäw)
	f	አመቷ (ʾamätʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አመት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 9

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.

Noun

አመት • (ʾämät) (plural አእማት (ʾäʾmat))

1. handmaid, female slave

Descendants

• → Amharic: አመት (ʾamät)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “አመት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 733
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 26a

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.

Noun

አመት • (ʾämät) (plural ኣማት (ʾamat), and ኣሙት (ʾamut))

1. handmaid, female slave

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አመት”, 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 356a