labhaytu

Afar

Etymology

From labhá (“men”) +‎ -ytu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labˈhajtu/ [lʌbˈhʌjtʊ]
• Hyphenation: lab‧hay‧tu

Noun

labháytu m (feminine labhaytó, plural labhá f)

1. superior man (one possessing many good qualities, like strength or cunning)

Declension

Declension of labháytu
absolutive	labháytu
predicative	labháytu
subjective	labhaytí
genitive	labhaytí
Postpositioned forms l-case labháytul k-case labháytuk t-case labháytut h-case labháytuh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “labhàytu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)