ሐፀነ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaṣ́an-. Compare Tigrinya ሓጸነ (ḥaṣänä, “protect, adopt”), Amharic ኣጠነ (ʾaṭṭänä, “raise a child”), Arabic حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana, “to hug, nurse, rear”), Akkadian [script needed] (ḫaṣānu, “embrace”).

Verb

ሐፀነ • (ḥäṣ́änä) (present ይሕፅን (yəḥṣ́ən))

1. to nurse, nourish
2. to suckle
3. to rear, bring up
4. to train, educate
5. to foster, take care of

Related terms

• ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́n)
• ማሕፀን (maḥəṣ́än, “bosom, womb”)
• ኣሕፀነ (ʾaḥṣ́änä) (causative)
• ተሐፅነ (täḥäṣ́nä) (passive)
• ሐፃኒ (ḥäṣ́ani, “tutor, guardian”)
• ሐፃኒት (ḥäṣ́anit, “wet nurse”)
• ሕፃን (ḥəṣ́an, “infant, young child”)
• ሕፅነት (ḥəṣ́nät, “nursing, education, upbringing”)
• ሕፃናዊ (ḥəṣ́anawi, “childish”)
• ሕፃንና (ḥəṣ́anənna), ሕፃና (ḥəṣ́anna, “childhood”)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 226