ይህ

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Amharic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ḏV- (this). Cognates include Ge'ez () and Arabic ذَا (ḏā).

The palatalisation *z- > y- was irregular.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjɨh/
  • Hyphenation: ይህ
  • Audio:(file)

Determiner

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ይህ (yəh)

  1. this (masculine)

Pronoun

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ይህ (yəh)

  1. this (masculine)

Usage notes

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  • When following a preposition, the enclitic -ዚህ (-zzih) is used.

See also

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References

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  • 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