ልጅ
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Amharic
Alternative forms
- ልዥ (ləž)
Etymology
From a derivative of Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognates include Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld) and Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).
Pronunciation
Noun
ልጅ • (ləǧ) m
Declension
Definiteness forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
Possessive forms of ልጅ (ləǧ)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
- Pat-El, Na'ama (2017) “NeoArabic and Comparative Semitic in the Quest for Proto Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University., BRILL, →ISBN, page 464