ሕፅን

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognates include Arabic حِضْن (ḥiḍn) and Ge'ez ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɨsʼɨn/
• Hyphenation: ሕ‧ፅን

Noun

ሕፅን • (ḥəṣ́ən) m

1. armpit
2. valley
3. gusset (cloth)

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́ən)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́ən)
Definite subject	ሕፅኑ (ḥəṣ́ənu)
Definite object	ሕፅኑን (ḥəṣ́ənun)
General object	ሕፅንን (ḥəṣ́ənən)

Possessive forms of ሕፅን (ḥəṣ́ən)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ሕፅኔ (ḥəṣ́əne)	ሕፅናችን (ḥəṣ́ənaččən)	—
Second person	m	ሕፅንህ (ḥəṣ́ənəh)	ሕፅናችሁ (ḥəṣ́ənaččəhu)	ሕፅንዎ (ḥəṣ́ənwo)
	f	ሕፅንሽ (ḥəṣ́ənəš)
Third person	m	ሕፅኑ (ḥəṣ́ənu)	ሕፅናቸው (ḥəṣ́ənaččäw)
	f	ሕፅኗ (ḥəṣ́ənʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕፅን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35