-ዚህ

Amharic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-zːih/

Determiner

-ዚህ • (-zzih)

1. Enclitic form of ይህ (yəh)

Pronoun

-ዚህ • (-zzih)

1. Enclitic form of ይህ (yəh)

Usage notes

• Used when following a preposition. Otherwise, the simple demonstrative ይህ (yəh) is used.

Derived terms

Amharic terms suffixed with -ዚህ

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