ወንዝ

Amharic

ወንዝ። (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwənz/

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• Hyphenation: ወንዝ

Noun

ወንዝ • (wänz) m

1. river, stream
   • 2021, “ስለ ዓባይ ወንዝ እና የሕዳሴ ግድቡ ጥቂት እውነታዎች”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     ኢትዮጵያ፣ ግብፅና ሱዳን ላለፉት አሥር ዓመታት በዓባይ ወንዝ ጉዳይ ከስምምነት ለመድረስ ሲደራደሩ የነበረ ቢሆንም፤ እስካሁን ሦስቱንም አገራት የሚያስማማ ሁሉን አቀፍ መግባባት ላይ መድረስ አልተቻለም።

     ʾityop̣ya, gəbṣ́əna sudan laläfut ʾäśr ʿamätat bäʿabay wänz guday käsməmnät lämädräs sidäradäru yänäbärä bihonm; ʾəskahun śostunm ʾägärat yämiyasmama hulun ʾäḳäf mägbabat lay mädräs ʾältäčaläm.

     Although Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have been negotiating to reach an agreement on the Nile River issue for the past ten years; So far, it has not been possible to reach a comprehensive agreement that would suit all three countries.

2. (figurative) nature, character

Declension

Definiteness forms of ወንዝ (wänz)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ወንዝ (wänz)
Definite subject	ወንዙ (wänzu)
Definite object	ወንዙን (wänzun)
General object	ወንዝን (wänzən)

Possessive forms of ወንዝ (wänz)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ወንዜ (wänze)	ወንዛችን (wänzaččən)	—
Second person	m	ወንዝህ (wänzəh)	ወንዛችሁ (wänzaččəhu)	ወንዝዎ (wänzwo)
	f	ወንዝሽ (wänzəš)
Third person	m	ወንዙ (wänzu)	ወንዛቸው (wänzaččäw)
	f	ወንዟ (wänzʷa)

References

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