ሽጉጥ

Amharic

ሽጉጥ(1)።

ሽጉጥ(2)።

Alternative forms

• ሽጕጥ (šəggʷəṭ)

Etymology

From ሸጉጠ (šəgguṭä, “to tuck; to conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨɡːutʼ/
• Hyphenation: ሽ‧ጉጥ

Noun

ሽጉጥ • (šəgguṭ) m

1. handgun, pistol
2. flask of liquor

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሽጉጥ (šəgguṭ)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ሽጉጥ (šəgguṭ)
Definite subject	ሽጉጡ (šəgguṭu)
Definite object	ሽጉጡን (šəgguṭun)
General object	ሽጉጥን (šəgguṭən)

Possessive forms of ሽጉጥ (šəgguṭ)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ሽጉጤ (šəgguṭe)	ሽጉጣችን (šəgguṭaččən)	—
Second person	m	ሽጉጥህ (šəgguṭəh)	ሽጉጣችሁ (šəgguṭaččəhu)	ሽጉጥዎ (šəgguṭwo)
	f	ሽጉጥሽ (šəgguṭəš)
Third person	m	ሽጉጡ (šəgguṭu)	ሽጉጣቸው (šəgguṭaččäw)
	f	ሽጉጧ (šəgguṭʷa)

Derived terms

• ሽጉጡን፡ጠጣ (šəgguṭun ṭäṭṭa)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1995) Reference grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 602