# እዝን
## Ge'ez
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔuḏn-.

### Noun

እዝን • (ʾəzn) m or f (plural እዘን (ʾəzän), and አእዛን (ʾäʾzan))
* ear

#### Declension

| Number | State | State | Case | Case |
| Number | State | State | nominative/genitive | accusative |
| singular | absolute | absolute | እዝን (ʾəzn) | እዝነ (ʾəznä) |
| singular | construct | construct | እዝነ (ʾəznä) | እዝነ (ʾəznä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1s | እዝንየ (ʾəznəyä) | እዝንየ (ʾəznəyä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | እዝንከ (ʾəznəkä) | እዝነከ (ʾəznäkä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | እዝንኪ (ʾəznəki) | እዝነኪ (ʾəznäki) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | እዝኑ (ʾəznu) | እዝኖ (ʾəzno) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | እዝና (ʾəzna) | እዝና (ʾəzna) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1p | እዝንነ (ʾəznənä) | እዝነነ (ʾəznänä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | እዝንክሙ (ʾəznəkmu) | እዝነክሙ (ʾəznäkmu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | እዝንክን (ʾəznəkn) | እዝነክን (ʾəznäkn) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | እዝኖሙ (ʾəznomu) | እዝኖሙ (ʾəznomu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | እዝኖን (ʾəznon) | እዝኖን (ʾəznon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | እዘን (ʾəzän) | እዘነ (ʾəzänä) |
| plural | construct | construct | እዘነ (ʾəzänä) | እዘነ (ʾəzänä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | እዘንየ (ʾəzänyä) | እዘንየ (ʾəzänyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | እዘኒከ (ʾəzänikä) | እዘኒከ (ʾəzänikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | እዘንኪ (ʾəzänki); እዘኒኪ (ʾəzäniki) | እዘንኪ (ʾəzänki); እዘኒኪ (ʾəzäniki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | እዘኒሁ (ʾəzänihu) | እዘኒሁ (ʾəzänihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | እዘኒሃ (ʾəzäniha) | እዘኒሃ (ʾəzäniha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | እዘኒነ (ʾəzäninä) | እዘኒነ (ʾəzäninä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | እዘኒክሙ (ʾəzänikmu) | እዘኒክሙ (ʾəzänikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | እዘኒክን (ʾəzänikn) | እዘኒክን (ʾəzänikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | እዘኒሆሙ (ʾəzänihomu) | እዘኒሆሙ (ʾəzänihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | እዘኒሆን (ʾəzänihon) | እዘኒሆን (ʾəzänihon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | አእዛን (ʾäʾzan) | አእዛነ (ʾäʾzanä) |
| plural | construct | construct | አእዛነ (ʾäʾzanä) | አእዛነ (ʾäʾzanä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | አእዛንየ (ʾäʾzanyä) | አእዛንየ (ʾäʾzanyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | አእዛኒከ (ʾäʾzanikä) | አእዛኒከ (ʾäʾzanikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | አእዛንኪ (ʾäʾzanki); አእዛኒኪ (ʾäʾzaniki) | አእዛንኪ (ʾäʾzanki); አእዛኒኪ (ʾäʾzaniki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | አእዛኒሁ (ʾäʾzanihu) | አእዛኒሁ (ʾäʾzanihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | አእዛኒሃ (ʾäʾzaniha) | አእዛኒሃ (ʾäʾzaniha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | አእዛኒነ (ʾäʾzaninä) | አእዛኒነ (ʾäʾzaninä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | አእዛኒክሙ (ʾäʾzanikmu) | አእዛኒክሙ (ʾäʾzanikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | አእዛኒክን (ʾäʾzanikn) | አእዛኒክን (ʾäʾzanikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | አእዛኒሆሙ (ʾäʾzanihomu) | አእዛኒሆሙ (ʾäʾzanihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | አእዛኒሆን (ʾäʾzanihon) | አእዛኒሆን (ʾäʾzanihon) |

### References

* Dillmann, August (1865) “እዝን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 791–792
* Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52b

## Tigre
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔuḏn-.

### Noun

እዝን • (ʾəzən) (singulative, collective እዘን (ʾəzän), paucal ኣዛን (ʾazan), superplural አዛኖታት (ʾäzanotat), and እዘኖታት (ʾəzänotat))
* ear
* tribe, stem of a people
* herd of beasts
* tip, protruding shape

### References

* Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “እዝን”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 381b