# ቀዳሚ
## Ge'ez
### Etymology

Cognates include Tigre ቀዳም (ḳädam) and Tigrinya ቀዳማይ (ḳädamay).

### Adjective

ቀዳሚ • (ḳädami) m (feminine singular ቀዳሚት, masculine plural ቀደምት, feminine plural ቀዳምያት)
* (ordinal number) first
* early, original
* ancient, prior

#### Declension

| Number | State | State | Gender | Gender | Gender | Gender |
| Number | State | State | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| Number | State | State | Case | Case | Case | Case |
| Number | State | State | nominative/genitive | accusative | nominative/genitive | accusative |
| singular | absolute | absolute | ቀዳሚ (ḳädami) | ቀዳሜ (ḳädame) | ቀዳሚት (ḳädamit) | ቀዳሚተ (ḳädamitä) |
| singular | construct | construct | ቀዳሜ (ḳädame) | ቀዳሜ (ḳädame) | ቀዳሚተ (ḳädamitä) | ቀዳሚተ (ḳädamitä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ቀዳሚየ (ḳädamiyä) | ቀዳሚየ (ḳädamiyä) | ቀዳሚትየ (ḳädamityä) | ቀዳሚትየ (ḳädamityä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ቀዳሚከ (ḳädamikä) | ቀዳሜከ (ḳädamekä) | ቀዳሚትከ (ḳädamitkä) | ቀዳሚተከ (ḳädamitäkä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ቀዳሚኪ (ḳädamiki) | ቀዳሜኪ (ḳädameki) | ቀዳሚትኪ (ḳädamitki) | ቀዳሚተኪ (ḳädamitäki) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ቀዳሚሁ (ḳädamihu) | ቀዳሚሁ (ḳädamihu) | ቀዳሚቱ (ḳädamitu) | ቀዳሚቶ (ḳädamito) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ቀዳሚሃ (ḳädamiha) | ቀዳሚሃ (ḳädamiha) | ቀዳሚታ (ḳädamita) | ቀዳሚታ (ḳädamita) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ቀዳሚነ (ḳädaminä) | ቀዳሚነ (ḳädaminä) | ቀዳሚትነ (ḳädamitnä) | ቀዳሚተነ (ḳädamitänä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ቀዳሚክሙ (ḳädamikmu) | ቀዳሜክሙ (ḳädamekmu) | ቀዳሚትክሙ (ḳädamitkəmu) | ቀዳሚተክሙ (ḳädamitäkmu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ቀዳሚክን (ḳädamikn) | ቀዳሜክን (ḳädamekn) | ቀዳሚትክን (ḳädamitkən) | ቀዳሚተክን (ḳädamitäkn) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ቀዳሚሆሙ (ḳädamihomu) | ቀዳሚሆሙ (ḳädamihomu) | ቀዳሚቶሙ (ḳädamitomu) | ቀዳሚቶሙ (ḳädamitomu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ቀዳሚሆን (ḳädamihon) | ቀዳሚሆን (ḳädamihon) | ቀዳሚቶን (ḳädamiton) | ቀዳሚቶን (ḳädamiton) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | ቀደምት (ḳädämt) | ቀደምተ (ḳädämtä) | ቀዳምያት (ḳädamyat) | ቀዳምያተ (ḳädamyatä) |
| plural | construct | construct | ቀደምተ (ḳädämtä) | ቀደምተ (ḳädämtä) | ቀዳምያተ (ḳädamyatä) | ቀዳምያተ (ḳädamyatä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ቀደምትየ (ḳädämtəyä) | ቀደምትየ (ḳädämtəyä) | ቀዳምያትየ (ḳädamyatyä) | ቀዳምያትየ (ḳädamyatyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ቀደምቲከ (ḳädämtikä) | ቀደምቲከ (ḳädämtikä) | ቀዳምያቲከ (ḳädamyatikä) | ቀዳምያቲከ (ḳädamyatikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ቀደምትኪ (ḳädämtəki); ቀደምቲኪ (ḳädämtiki) | ቀደምትኪ (ḳädämtəki); ቀደምቲኪ (ḳädämtiki) | ቀዳምያትኪ (ḳädamyatki); ቀዳምያቲኪ (ḳädamyatiki) | ቀዳምያትኪ (ḳädamyatki); ቀዳምያቲኪ (ḳädamyatiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ቀደምቲሁ (ḳädämtihu) | ቀደምቲሁ (ḳädämtihu) | ቀዳምያቲሁ (ḳädamyatihu) | ቀዳምያቲሁ (ḳädamyatihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ቀደምቲሃ (ḳädämtiha) | ቀደምቲሃ (ḳädämtiha) | ቀዳምያቲሃ (ḳädamyatiha) | ቀዳምያቲሃ (ḳädamyatiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ቀደምቲነ (ḳädämtinä) | ቀደምቲነ (ḳädämtinä) | ቀዳምያቲነ (ḳädamyatinä) | ቀዳምያቲነ (ḳädamyatinä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ቀደምቲክሙ (ḳädämtikmu) | ቀደምቲክሙ (ḳädämtikmu) | ቀዳምያቲክሙ (ḳädamyatikmu) | ቀዳምያቲክሙ (ḳädamyatikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ቀደምቲክን (ḳädämtikn) | ቀደምቲክን (ḳädämtikn) | ቀዳምያቲክን (ḳädamyatikn) | ቀዳምያቲክን (ḳädamyatikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ቀደምቲሆሙ (ḳädämtihomu) | ቀደምቲሆሙ (ḳädämtihomu) | ቀዳምያቲሆሙ (ḳädamyatihomu) | ቀዳምያቲሆሙ (ḳädamyatihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ቀደምቲሆን (ḳädämtihon) | ቀደምቲሆን (ḳädämtihon) | ቀዳምያቲሆን (ḳädamyatihon) | ቀዳምያቲሆን (ḳädamyatihon) |

### Noun

ቀዳሚ • (ḳädami)
* beginning
** 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎, Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:በቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።bäḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdrä.In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

### References

* Dillmann, August (1865) “ቀዳሚ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel