ነፍጠኛ

Amharic

Etymology

From ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “rifle”) +‎ -አኛ (-äñña).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəftʼəɲːa/
• Hyphenation: ነፍ‧ጠ‧ኛ

Noun

ነፍጠኛ • (näfṭäñña) m or f by sense

1. musketeer, rifleman, gunslinger
2. (sometimes offensive) Amhara nationalist
3. (offensive, derogatory) Amhara person
4. (historical) serviceman of the Army of the Ethiopian Empire, typically one who would become a feudal lord after settling peripheral lands in reward for their service

Declension

Definiteness forms of ነፍጠኛ (näfṭäñña)

	Masculine	Feminine
Indefinite	ነፍጠኛ (näfṭäñña)
Definite subject	ነፍጠኛው (näfṭäññaw)	ነፍጠኛዋ (näfṭäññawa) ነፍጠኛይቱ (näfṭäññayətu) ነፍጠኛይቷ (näfṭäññayətʷa)
Definite object	ነፍጠኛውን (näfṭäññawən)	ነፍጠኛዋን (näfṭäññawan) ነፍጠኛይቱን (näfṭäññayətun) ነፍጠኛይቷን (näfṭäññayətʷan)
General object	ነፍጠኛን (näfṭäññan)

Possessive forms of ነፍጠኛ (näfṭäñña)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ነፍጠኛዬ (näfṭäññaye)	ነፍጠኛችን (näfṭäññaččən)	—
Second person	m	ነፍጠኛህ (näfṭäññah)	ነፍጠኛችሁ (näfṭäññaččəhu)	ነፍጠኛዎ (näfṭäññawo)
	f	ነፍጠኛሽ (näfṭäññaš)
Third person	m	ነፍጠኛው (näfṭäññaw)	ነፍጠኛቸው (näfṭäññaččäw)
	f	ነፍጠኛዋ (näfṭäññawa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ነፍጠኛ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1088