ወፍ
Amharic
ወፍ። (1)
Alternative forms
- ዎፍ (wof)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwəf/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ወፍ
Noun
ወፍ • (wäf) m or f by sense (plural አዕዋፍ (ʾaʿwaf))
- bird
- 2023, “የመስቀል ወፍ ወቅት ጠብቃ መስከረም ላይ ብቻ ብቅ የምትል ናት?”, in BBC News:
- በአባባልም አንድ ሰው ለረጅም ጊዜ ጠፍቶ ቆይቶ ድንገት ሲከሰት “ምነው የመስቀል ወፍ ሆንክ” ይባላል። ይህም ለረጅም ጊዜ ሳይታዩ ወይም ጠፍቶ ቆይቶ መታየትን ለማመልከት ማኅበረሰቡ የሚጠቀምበት አባባል ነው።
- bäʾäbabalm ʾänd säw läräǧm gize ṭäfto ḳoyto dəngät sikäsät “mənäw yämäsḳäl wäf honk” yəbalal. yəhm läräǧm gize saytayu wäym ṭäfto ḳoyto mätayätn lämamälkät maḫbäräsäbu yämiṭäḳämbät ʾäbabal näw.
- In other words, when a person suddenly reappears after being missing for a long time, it is said, "I wish you were a cross bird." This is a term used by the community to indicate that they have not been seen for a long time or have disappeared.
- jaundice
Declension
Definiteness forms of ወፍ (wäf)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | ወፍ (wäf) | |
| Definite subject | ወፉ (wäfu) | ወፏ (wäfʷa) ወፊቱ (wäfitu) ወፊቷ (wäfitʷa) |
| Definite object | ወፉን (wäfun) | ወፏን (wäfʷan) ወፊቱን (wäfitun) ወፊቷን (wäfitʷan) |
| General object | ወፍን (wäfən) | |
Possessive forms of ወፍ (wäf)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ወፌ (wäfe) | ወፋችን (wäfaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ወፍህ (wäfəh) | ወፋችሁ (wäfaččəhu) | ወፍዎ (wäfwo) |
| f | ወፍሽ (wäfəš) | |||
| Third person | m | ወፉ (wäfu) | ወፋቸው (wäfaččäw) | |
| f | ወፏ (wäfʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወፍ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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