-ዎች

Amharic Etymology am Suffix am suffix p -s The regular plural suffix for most Amharic nouns. am ምግብ food -ዎች ምግቦች foods am ድመት cat -ዎች ድመቶች cats am በር door -ዎች በሮች doors Usage notes In native speech, this suffix is elided to -oč after consonants, with the previous letter taking on the vowel when its singular form would have none, in which case the w consonant is not necessary. However, non-natives speakers may simply append this suffix to the end of words to form plurals when learning the language. Certain irregular nouns do not use this suffix in formal speech; however, it may still be used informally for many of these nouns. References am How to make plural words in Amharic Amharic Teacher https://amharicteacher.com/module/plural 1 en https://web.archive.org/web/20260213105134/https://amharicteacher.com/module/plural 13 February 2026