ስም

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-. Cognates include Ge'ez ስም (səm) and Arabic اِسْم (ism).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨm/
  • Hyphenation: ስም
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Noun

ስም • (səm) m

  1. name
  2. fame, reputation
  3. (grammar) noun

Declension
Definiteness forms of ስም (səm)
Masculine
Indefinite ስም (səm)
Definite subject ስሙ (səmu)
Definite object ስሙን (səmun)
General object ስምን (səmən)
Possessive forms of ስም (səm)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ስሜ (səme) ስማችን (səmaččən) —
Second person m ስምህ (səməh) ስማችሁ (səmaččəhu) ስምዎ (səmwo)
f ስምሽ (səməš)
Third person m ስሙ (səmu) ስማቸው (səmaččäw)
f ስሟ (səmʷa)

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

Argobba

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም (səm) m

  1. name

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም • (səm) (plural አስማት)

  1. name
  • ሰመየ (sämäyä)
  • አስመየ (ʾäsmäyä)
  • ተሰምየ (täsämyä)
  • ስሙይ (səmuy)

References

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም • (səm) m

  1. name

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

ስም • (səm) m

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun
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