ሴት

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Amharic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Akin to Tigrinya ሴት (set).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈset/
  • Hyphenation: ሴት

Noun

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ሴት (setf (singulative ሴትዮ (setəyyo))

  1. (collective) woman, female
  2. (collective) womankind
  3. (collective, figurative) coward

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • (woman): ሰው (säw, man)

Noun

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ሴት (setm

  1. (grammar) feminine gender

Declension

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References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሴት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8