Amharic

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Amharic numbers (edit)
70
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7
8  → 
    Cardinal: ሰባት (säbatt)
    Ordinal: ሰባተኛ (säbattäñña)
    Adverbial: ሰባቴ (säbatte)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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ሰባት (säbatt)

  1. seven

References

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