ዓም

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic عَام (ʕām, “year”).

Noun

ዓም • (ʿam) m

1. year

   በተፍጻሜቱ ለዝንቱ ኢዮቤልዉ ተቀትለ ቃየን እምድኅሬሁ በአሐዱ ዓም ወወድቀ ቤቱ ላዕሌሁ ወሞተ በማእከለ ቤቱ

   bätäfṣametu läznətu ʾiyobelwu täḳätlä ḳayän ʾəmdəḫrehu bäʾäḥädu ʿam wäwädḳä betu laʿlehu wämotä bämaʾkälä betu

   At the conclusion of this jubilee Cain was killed one year after him. His house fell on him, and he died inside his house.

See also

• አመት (ʾämät)

References

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