żebë
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of że + bë. Compare Polish żeby and Silesian żeby.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
żebë
- creates a subordinate clause expressing aim or purpose, one's goal; to, so that, for that, in order to
- creates an unreal conditional; if
- creates a subordinate clause expressing desire or wish if only, had better
Declension edit
Combined forms of żebë
Further reading edit
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “žebé”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego[1] (in Kashubian), page 276
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “żeby”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2], volume 2, page 1620
- “żebë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022