ኦሪት

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Aramaic אוריתא (ʾōrayṯā).

Noun

ኦሪት • (ʾorit)

1. the Torah, the Law
2. (strictly) octateuch
3. (loosely) Tanakh

Declension

Declension of ኦሪት (ʾorit)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		ኦሪት (ʾorit)	ኦሪተ (ʾoritä)
	construct		ኦሪተ (ʾoritä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ኦሪትየ (ʾorityä)
		2ms	ኦሪትከ (ʾoritkä)	ኦሪተከ (ʾoritäkä)
		2fs	ኦሪትኪ (ʾoritki)	ኦሪተኪ (ʾoritäki)
		3ms	ኦሪቱ (ʾoritu)	ኦሪቶ (ʾorito)
		3fs	ኦሪታ (ʾorita)
		1p	ኦሪትነ (ʾoritnä)	ኦሪተነ (ʾoritänä)
		2mp	ኦሪትክሙ (ʾoritkəmu)	ኦሪተክሙ (ʾoritäkmu)
		2fp	ኦሪትክን (ʾoritkən)	ኦሪተክን (ʾoritäkn)
		3mp	ኦሪቶሙ (ʾoritomu)
		3fp	ኦሪቶን (ʾoriton)

References

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