አልቦ

Amharic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez አልቦ (ʾälbo, “there is no”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)albo/
• Hyphenation: አል‧ቦ

Noun

አልቦ • (ʾalbo) m

1. bead
2. woman's anklet made of beads
3. mule's necklet made of beads

Declension

Definiteness forms of አልቦ (ʾalbo)

	Masculine
Indefinite	አልቦ (ʾalbo)
Definite subject	አልቦው (ʾalbow)
Definite object	አልቦውን (ʾalbowən)
General object	አልቦን (ʾalbon)

Possessive forms of አልቦ (ʾalbo)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		አልቦዬ (ʾalboye)	አልቦዋችን (ʾalbowaččən)	—
Second person	m	አልቦህ (ʾalboh)	አልቦዋችሁ (ʾalbowaččəhu)	አልቦዎ (ʾalbowo)
	f	አልቦሽ (ʾalboš)
Third person	m	አልቦው (ʾalbow)	አልቦዋቸው (ʾalbowaččäw)
	f	አልቦዋ (ʾalbowa)

Numeral

አልቦ • (ʾalbo)

1. (rare) Synonym of ዜሮ (zero)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አልቦ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1109
• Leslau, Wolf (1995) Reference grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 251