ሽንት፡ቤት

Amharic

Etymology

From ሽንት (šənt, “piss, urine”) +‎ ቤት (bet, “house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨnt bet/
• Hyphenation: ሽንት፡ቤት

Noun

ሽንት፡ቤት • (šənt bet) m

1. toilet, lavatory

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሽንት፡ቤት (šənt bet)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ሽንት፡ቤት (šənt bet)
Definite subject	ሽንት፡ቤቱ (šənt betu)
Definite object	ሽንት፡ቤቱን (šənt betun)
General object	ሽንት፡ቤትን (šənt betən)

Possessive forms of ሽንት፡ቤት (šənt bet)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ሽንት፡ቤቴ (šənt bete)	ሽንት፡ቤታችን (šənt betaččən)	—
Second person	m	ሽንት፡ቤትህ (šənt betəh)	ሽንት፡ቤታችሁ (šənt betaččəhu)	ሽንት፡ቤትዎ (šənt betwo)
	f	ሽንት፡ቤትሽ (šənt betəš)
Third person	m	ሽንት፡ቤቱ (šənt betu)	ሽንት፡ቤታቸው (šənt betaččäw)
	f	ሽንት፡ቤቷ (šənt betʷa)

References

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