ይህች

Amharic

Alternative forms

• ይህቺ (yəhəčči), ይች (yəčč), ይቺ (yəčči), እች (ʾəčč), እቺ (ʾəčči)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɨˈhɨt͡ʃː/
• Hyphenation: ይ‧ህች

Determiner

ይህች • (yəhəčč)

1. this (feminine)

Pronoun

ይህች • (yəhəčč)

1. this (feminine)

Usage notes

• When following a preposition, the enclitic -ዚች (-zičč) is used.

See also

Amharic demonstratives

		masculine	feminine	plural
proximal	simple	ይህ (yəh)	ይህች (yəhəčč)	እነዚህ (ʾənnäzzih)
	emphatic	ይህኛው (yəhəññaw)	ይችኛዋ (yəččəññawa)
	enclitic	-ዚህ (-zzih)	-ዚች (-zičč)	—
distal	simple	ያ (ya)	ያች (yačč)	እነዚያ (ʾənnäzziya)
	emphatic	ያኛው (yaññaw)	ያችኛዋ (yaččəññawa)
	enclitic	-ዚያ (-zziya)	-ዚያች (-zziyačč)	—
*) See the respective entries for alternative forms

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ይህ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 21