See also: dābī and dǎbǐ

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English dab.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdabi]
  • Rhymes: -abi
  • Hyphenation: da‧bi

Verb edit

dabi (present dabas, past dabis, future dabos, conditional dabus, volitive dabu)

  1. (transitive) To softly tap; to wipe, dab.
    La kuracisto dabis la gratvundon per vato kaj oksigena akvo.
    The doctor wiped the wound with cotton wool and oxygenated water.
    Ŝi dabis al si la okulojn per sia naztuko.
    She dabbed at her eyes with her handkerchief.

Conjugation edit