Etymology
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Related to Tigrinya ጥበብ (ṭəbäb).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈtʼɨbəb/
- Hyphenation: ጥ‧በብ
ጥበብ • (ṭəbäb) m
- ability, skill
- wisdom, knowledge
Declension
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Definiteness forms of ጥበብ (ṭəbäb)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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ጥበብ (ṭəbäb)
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| Definite subject
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ጥበቡ (ṭəbäbu)
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| Definite object
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ጥበቡን (ṭəbäbun)
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| General object
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ጥበብን (ṭəbäbən)
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Possessive forms of ጥበብ (ṭəbäb)
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Singular
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Plural
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Formal
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| First person
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ጥበቤ (ṭəbäbe)
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ጥበባችን (ṭəbäbaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ጥበብህ (ṭəbäbəh)
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ጥበባችሁ (ṭəbäbaččəhu)
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ጥበብዎ (ṭəbäbwo)
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| f
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ጥበብሽ (ṭəbäbəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ጥበቡ (ṭəbäbu)
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ጥበባቸው (ṭəbäbaččäw)
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| f
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ጥበቧ (ṭəbäbʷa)
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References
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- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ጠበበ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 46
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