እግረኛ
Amharic
Etymology
From እግር (ʾəgər, “foot”) + -አኛ (-äñña).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɨɡˈrəɲːa/
- Hyphenation: እግ‧ረ‧ኛ
Noun
እግረኛ • (ʾəgräñña) m or f
- pedestrian
- foot soldier
Declension
Definiteness forms of እግረኛ (ʾəgräñña)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | እግረኛ (ʾəgräñña) | |
| Definite | እግረኛው (ʾəgräññaw) | እግረኛዋ (ʾəgräññawa) እግረኛይቱ (ʾəgräññayətu) እግረኛይቷ (ʾəgräññayətʷa) |
Possessive forms of እግረኛ (ʾəgräñña)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | እግረኛዬ (ʾəgräññaye) | እግረኛችን (ʾəgräññaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | እግረኛህ (ʾəgräññah) | እግረኛችሁ (ʾəgräññaččəhu) | እግረኛዎ (ʾəgräññawo) |
| f | እግረኛሽ (ʾəgräññaš) | |||
| Third person | m | እግረኛው (ʾəgräññaw) | እግረኛቸው (ʾəgräññaččäw) | |
| f | እግረኛዋ (ʾəgräññawa) | |||
Usage notes
- The gender of እግረኛ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either male pedestrian (masculine) or female pedestrian (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “እግረኛ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 34