ማረሻ

Amharic

Etymology

Root
አ-ረ-ሰ (ʾä-rä-sä)

From መ- (mä-) +‎ አረሰ (ʾarräsä, “to plough”) +‎ -ኢያ (-iya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmarəʃa/
Hyphenation: ማ‧ረ‧ሻ

Noun

ማረሻ • (maräša) m

instrumental noun of አረሰ (ʾarräsä): plough

Declension

Definiteness forms of ማረሻ (maräša)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ማረሻ (maräša)
Definite subject	ማረሻው (maräšaw)
Definite object	ማረሻውን (maräšawən)
General object	ማረሻን (maräšan)

Possessive forms of ማረሻ (maräša)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ማረሻዬ (maräšaye)	ማረሻችን (maräšaččən)	—
Second person	m	ማረሻህ (maräšah)	ማረሻችሁ (maräšaččəhu)	ማረሻዎ (maräšawo)
Second person	f	ማረሻሽ (maräšaš)	ማረሻችሁ (maräšaččəhu)	ማረሻዎ (maräšawo)
Third person	m	ማረሻው (maräšaw)	ማረሻቸው (maräšaččäw)
Third person	f	ማረሻዋ (maräšawa)	ማረሻቸው (maräšaččäw)

References

Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አረሰ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 15

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