Amharic edit

 
ዝናብ።
Root
ዘ-ነ-በ
(zä-nä-bä)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Cognates include Ge'ez ዘንመ (zänmä) and Tigre ዝላም (zəlam).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɨnab/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ዝ‧ናብ

Noun edit

ዝናብ (zənabm

  1. rain
    • 2023, “በአፍሪካ ቀንድ አስከፊው ድርቅ ሊቀጥል ይችላል”, in Voice of America News[1]:
      በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ለስድስተኛ ተከታታይ ወቅት ዝናብ ላይጥል እንደሚችል በመገመቱ በቀጠናው አስከፊው ድርቅ ሊቀጥል ይችላል የሚል ስጋት ተቀስቅሷል። የምሥራቅ አፍሪካ ሃገሮች የጋራ ልማት ባለሥልጣን /ኢጋድ/ እና በቀጠናው የአየር ንብረትን የሚቆጣጠር አንድ ተቋም ትላንት ዕረቡ ባወጡት ማስጠንቀቂያ ይጥላል ተብሎ ከሚጠበቀው በእጅጉ ያነሰ ዝናብ ስለሚኖር አስከፊውን ድርቅ የበለጠ ሊያባብሰው እንደሚችል አመላክተዋል።
      bäʾäfrika ḳänd läsdəstäña täkätatay wäḳt zənab layṭəl ʾəndämičl bämägämätu bäḳäṭänaw ʾäskäfiw dərḳ liḳäṭl yəčlal yämil səgat täḳäsḳəsʷal. yämśəraḳ ʾäfrika hagäroč yägara ləmat baläśləṭan /ʾigad/ ʾəna bäḳäṭänaw yäʾäyär nəbrätn yämiḳoṭaṭär ʾänd täḳʷam təlant ʿəräbu bawäṭut masṭänḳäḳiya yəṭlal täblo kämiṭäbäḳäw bäʾǧəgu yanäsä zənab səläminor ʾäskäfiwn dərḳ yäbäläṭä liyababsäw ʾəndämičl ʾämälaktäwal.
      Fears have been raised that the worst drought in the region may continue as it is predicted that it will not rain for the sixth consecutive season in the Horn of Africa. The Joint Development Authority of East African Countries (IGAD) and an institution that monitors the climate in the region issued a warning yesterday, indicating that there will be much less rain than expected, which could worsen the terrible drought.

Declension edit

References edit

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ዝናብ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

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Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

ዝናብ (zənab)

  1. rain