ሴት

Amharic

Alternative forms

• (prothetic) እሴት (ʾəset)

Etymology

Akin to Tigrinya ሴት (set).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈset/
• Hyphenation: ሴት

Noun

ሴት • (set) f (singulative ሴትዮ (setəyyo))

1. (collective) woman, female
2. (collective) womankind
3. (collective, figurative) coward

Declension

Possessive forms of ሴት (set)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ሴቴ (sete)	ሴታችን (setaččən)	—
Second person	m	ሴትህ (setəh)	ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu)	ሴትዎ (setwo)
	f	ሴትሽ (setəš)
Third person	m	ሴቱ (setu)	ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
	f	ሴቷ (setʷa)

Coordinate terms

• (woman): ሰው (säw, “man”)

Noun

ሴት • (set) m

1. (grammar) feminine gender

Declension

Possessive forms of ሴት (set)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ሴቴ (sete)	ሴታችን (setaččən)	—
Second person	m	ሴትህ (setəh)	ሴታችሁ (setaččəhu)	ሴትዎ (setwo)
	f	ሴትሽ (setəš)
Third person	m	ሴቱ (setu)	ሴታቸው (setaččäw)
	f	ሴቷ (setʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሴት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8