dabba
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā, “box, container”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dabba (plural dabbas)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dabba (plural dabbas)
- (mathematics) del, the partial difference symbol ∂
See also edit
- yabba dabba doo (different etymology)
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Kanuri dábbà (“animal”), from Arabic دَابَّة (dābba, “quadruped”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dabbā̀ f (plural dabbōbī, possessed form dabbàr̃)
References edit
- Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
dabba
- inflection of dabbe:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from dialectal dab (“lump, bite”), perhaps ultimately of imitative/children's slang origin. Compare Norwegian dabb (“small, thick figure”), and dialectal dabbe (“clumsy or boorish person”), as well as German tappen (“to grope, fumble”). Also compare English dab (“to strike with a light blow”), itself probably borrowed from a Scandinavian word ultimately of imitative origin.
Verb edit
dabba (present dabbar, preterite dabbade, supine dabbat, imperative dabba)
- (reflexive) goof up
- Synonym: tabba
- Jag hade fått full pott på matteprovet om jag inte dabbat mig på det enklaste talet
- I would've gotten full points on the math test if I hadn't goofed up on the easiest question
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | dabba | — | ||
Supine | dabbat | — | ||
Imperative | dabba | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | dabben | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | dabbar | dabbade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | dabba | dabbade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | dabbe | dabbade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | dabbande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
References edit
Uzbek edit
Noun edit
dabba (plural dabbalar)