ነበረ

Amharic

Etymology

Root
ነ-በ-ረ (nä-bä-rä)

Cognates include Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä), Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä), Tigre ነብረ (näbrä) and Harari ነበረ (näbärä).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəbˈbəɾə/
• Hyphenation: ነ‧በ‧ረ

Verb

ነበረ • (näbbärä)

1. (intransitive) to stay
2. (intransitive) to sit
3. (intransitive) to settle
4. (intransitive) to live
5. (copulative) to have been

Derived terms

• ወምበር (wämbär)

 

References

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

Tigrinya

Verb

ነበረ • (näbärä)

1. to be (past tense)
2. to live, to reside

Conjugation

Conjugation of ነበረ

infinitive			ምንባር
perfect					gerundive
		singular	plural				singular	plural
1st		ነበርኩ	ነበርና		1st		ነቢረ	ነቢርና
2nd	m	ነበርካ	ነበርኩም		2nd	m	ነቢርካ	ነቢርኩም
	f	ነበርኪ	ነበርክን			f	ነቢርኪ	ነቢርክን
3rd	m	ነበረ	ነበሩ		3rd	m	ነቢሩ	ነቢሮም
	f	ነበረት	ነበራ			f	ነቢራ	ነቢረን
imperfect					jussive
		singular	plural				singular	plural
1st		እነብር	ንነብር		1st		እንበር	ንንበር
2nd	m	ትነብር	ትነብሩ		2nd	m	ትንበር	ትንበሩ
	f	ትነብሪ	ትነብራ			f	ትንበሪ	ትንበራ
3rd	m	ይነብር	ይነብሩ		3rd	m	ይንበር	ይንበሩ
	f	ትነብር	ይነብራ			f	ትንበር	ይንበራ
affirmative commands					negative commands
		singular	plural				singular	plural
2nd	m	ንበር	ንበሩ		2nd	m	ኣይትንበር	ኣይትንበሩ
	f	ንበሪ	ንበራ			f	ኣይትንበሪ	ኣይትንበራ