"መክፈቻ" meaning in Amharic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈməkfət͡ʃa/
Etymology: From መ- (mä-) + ከፈተ (käffätä, “to open”) + -ኢያ (-iya). Etymology templates: {{xlit|am|ከ-ፈ-ተ}} kä-fä-tä, {{am root|ከ-ፈ-ተ}}, {{af|am|መ-|ከፈተ|-ኢያ|t2=to open|tr2=käffätä}} መ- (mä-) + ከፈተ (käffätä, “to open”) + -ኢያ (-iya) Head templates: {{head|am|noun|||||||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|f4tr=|f5tr=|f6tr=|f7tr=|f8tr=|g=m|head=|sort=|tr=|tr2=}} መክፈቻ • (mäkfäča) m, {{am-noun|g=m}} መክፈቻ • (mäkfäča) m Forms: mäkfäča [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], መክፈቻ [indefinite, masculine], መክፈቻው [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], መክፈቻውን [definite, direct-object, masculine], መክፈቻን [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], መክፈቻዬ [first-person, singular], መክፈቻችን [first-person, plural], - [first-person, formal], መክፈቻህ [masculine, second-person, singular], መክፈቻችሁ [masculine, plural, second-person], መክፈቻዎ [formal, masculine, second-person], መክፈቻሽ [feminine, second-person, singular], መክፈቻችሁ [feminine, plural, second-person], መክፈቻዎ [feminine, formal, second-person], መክፈቻው [masculine, singular, third-person], መክፈቻቸው [formal, masculine, third-person], መክፈቻቸው [masculine, plural, third-person], መክፈቻዋ [feminine, singular, third-person], መክፈቻቸው [feminine, formal, third-person], መክፈቻቸው [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. instrumental noun of ከፈተ (käffätä): key Wikipedia link: Semitic root Tags: form-of, instrumental, noun Form of: ከፈተ (extra: (käffätä): key)
    Sense id: en-መክፈቻ-am-noun-kltTqE0m Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms belonging to the root ከ-ፈ-ተ, Amharic terms prefixed with መ-, Amharic terms suffixed with -ኢያ, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tools
     
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}

Download raw JSONL data for መክፈቻ meaning in Amharic (4.5kB)

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    "መክፈቻ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "መክፈቻ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Amharic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (7cef23e and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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