debba

Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

deva
deggia (archaic or poetic)
debbia (obsolete)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛb.ba/, /ˈdeb.ba/^[1]^[2]
Rhymes: -ɛbba, -ebba
Hyphenation: dèb‧ba, déb‧ba

Verb edit

debba

first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

References edit

^ debbo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
^ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic دَابَّة (dābba, “mount, beast of burden”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛb.ba/

Noun edit

debba f (plural dwieb)

mare (female horse)

Related terms edit

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