ተንታኝ
Amharic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtəntaɲ/
- Hyphenation: ተን‧ታኝ
Noun
ተንታኝ • (täntañ) m or f
- analyst
Declension
Definiteness forms of ተንታኝ (täntañ)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | ተንታኝ (täntañ) | |
| Definite subject | ተንታኙ (täntañu) | ተንታኟ (täntañʷa) ተንታኚቱ (täntañitu) ተንታኚቷ (täntañitʷa) |
| Definite object | ተንታኙን (täntañun) | ተንታኟን (täntañʷan) ተንታኚቱን (täntañitun) ተንታኚቷን (täntañitʷan) |
| General object | ተንታኝን (täntañən) | |
Possessive forms of ተንታኝ (täntañ)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ተንታኜ (täntañe) | ተንታኛችን (täntañaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ተንታኝህ (täntañəh) | ተንታኛችሁ (täntañaččəhu) | ተንታኝዎ (täntañwo) |
| f | ተንታኝሽ (täntañəš) | |||
| Third person | m | ተንታኙ (täntañu) | ተንታኛቸው (täntañaččäw) | |
| f | ተንታኟ (täntañʷa) | |||
Usage notes
- The gender of ተንታኝ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either male analyst (masculine) or female analyst (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ተነተነ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN