ጀብዱ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Oromo jabduu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəbdu/
• Hyphenation: ጀብ‧ዱ

Noun

ጀብዱ • (ǧäbdu) m

1. adventure
2. act of bravery; exploit

Declension

Definiteness forms of ጀብዱ (ǧäbdu)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ጀብዱ (ǧäbdu)
Definite subject	ጀብዱው (ǧäbduw)
Definite object	ጀብዱውን (ǧäbduwən)
General object	ጀብዱን (ǧäbdun)

Possessive forms of ጀብዱ (ǧäbdu)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ጀብዱዬ (ǧäbduye)	ጀብዱዋችን (ǧäbduwaččən)	—
Second person	m	ጀብዱህ (ǧäbduh)	ጀብዱዋችሁ (ǧäbduwaččəhu)	ጀብዱዎ (ǧäbduwo)
	f	ጀብዱሽ (ǧäbduš)
Third person	m	ጀብዱው (ǧäbduw)	ጀብዱዋቸው (ǧäbduwaččäw)
	f	ጀብዱዋ (ǧäbduwa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ጀብዱ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35