ስም

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-. Cognates include Ge'ez ስም (səm) and Arabic اِسْم (ism).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨm/
• Hyphenation: ስም

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Noun

ስም • (səm) m (plural ስሞች (səmoč))

1. name
2. fame, reputation
3. (grammar) noun

Declension

Definiteness forms of ስም (səm)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ስም (səm)
Definite subject	ስሙ (səmu)
Definite object	ስሙን (səmun)
General object	ስምን (səmən)

Possessive forms of ስም (səm)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ስሜ (səme)	ስማችን (səmaččən)	—
Second person	m	ስምህ (səməh)	ስማችሁ (səmaččəhu)	ስምዎ (səmwo)
	f	ስምሽ (səməš)
Third person	m	ስሙ (səmu)	ስማቸው (səmaččäw)
	f	ስሟ (səmʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ስም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Argobba

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም (səm) m

1. name

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም • (səm) (plural አስማት (ʾäsmat))

1. name

Related terms

• ሰመየ (sämäyä)
• አስመየ (ʾäsmäyä)
• ተሰምየ (täsämyä)
• ስሙይ (səmuy)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ስም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም • (səm) m

1. name

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም • (səm) m

1. name
2. (grammar) noun