heb
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
heb
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
heb
- inflection of hebben:
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
heb
Nawdm edit
Noun edit
References edit
- Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary[1], SIL International
Northern Kurdish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb, “grains, seeds”), derived from the root ح ب ب (ḥ b b).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heb f (Arabic spelling حەب)
- seed, kernel, grain
- Synonym: lib
- small quantity or amount
- Used as a general counting word
- pill, tablet
Declension edit
Declension of heb
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ḧeb”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 340
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh heb, from Old Welsh hep, from Proto-Brythonic *heb, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷo- (compare Old Irish sech), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /hɛb/[2]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /heːb/
Preposition edit
heb (triggers soft mutation)
- without
- Wyt ti'n cymryd te heb siwgr?
- Do you take tea without sugar?
- (with a verbal noun) used to form negative perfect aspect
- (with a possessive pronoun and verbal noun) used to form negative participle; un- -ed
- Antonym: wedi
- llythyr heb ei agor
- an unopened letter
- (literally, “a letter without its opening”)
Inflection edit
Personal forms (literary)
Personal forms (colloquial)
Related terms edit
- wedi (affirmative perfect aspect)
References edit
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 210 x (3)
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 vi
Further reading edit
- Colloquial Welsh morphology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “heb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies