ሰባት

Amharic

Amharic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ሰባት (säbatt)
    Ordinal: ሰባተኛ (säbattäñña)
    Adverbial: ሰባቴ (säbatte)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šabʿ-. Cognates include Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa) and Ge'ez ሰብዐቱ (säbʿätu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsəbatː/
  • Hyphenation: ሰ‧ባት

Numeral

ሰባት • (säbatt)

  1. seven

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ሰባት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 524
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50