thibiti

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَبَتَ (ṯabata).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-thibiti (infinitive kuthibiti)

1. to be honest, strong, upright

Conjugation

Conjugation of -thibiti
Positive present -nathibiti Subjunctive -thibiti Negative -thibiti Imperative singular thibiti
Infinitives
Positive kuthibiti Negative kutothibiti
Imperatives
Singular thibiti Plural thibitini
Tensed forms
Habitual huthibiti Positive past positive subject concord + -lithibiti Negative past negative subject concord + -kuthibiti
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nathibiti) Singular Plural 1st person ninathibiti/nathibiti tunathibiti 2nd person unathibiti mnathibiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anathibiti wanathibiti other classes positive subject concord + -nathibiti
Negative present (negative subject concord + -thibiti) Singular Plural 1st person sithibiti hatuthibiti 2nd person huthibiti hamthibiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hathibiti hawathibiti other classes negative subject concord + -thibiti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tathibiti Negative future negative subject concord + -tathibiti
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -thibiti) Singular Plural 1st person nithibiti tuthibiti 2nd person uthibiti mthibiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) athibiti wathibiti other classes positive subject concord + -thibiti
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sithibiti Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngethibiti Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singethibiti Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalithibiti Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalithibiti
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -athibiti) Singular Plural 1st person nathibiti twathibiti 2nd person wathibiti mwathibiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) athibiti wathibiti m-mi(III/IV) wathibiti yathibiti ji-ma(V/VI) lathibiti yathibiti ki-vi(VII/VIII) chathibiti vyathibiti n(IX/X) yathibiti zathibiti u(XI) wathibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwathibiti pa(XVI) pathibiti mu(XVIII) mwathibiti
Perfect positive subject concord + -methibiti "Already" positive subject concord + -meshathibiti "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jathibiti "If/When" positive subject concord + -kithibiti "If not" positive subject concord + -sipothibiti Consecutive kathibiti / positive subject concord + -kathibiti Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kathibiti
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nithibiti -tuthibiti 2nd person -kuthibiti -wathibiti/-kuthibitini/-wathibitini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mthibiti -wathibiti m-mi(III/IV) -uthibiti -ithibiti ji-ma(V/VI) -lithibiti -yathibiti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kithibiti -vithibiti n(IX/X) -ithibiti -zithibiti u(XI) -uthibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuthibiti pa(XVI) -pathibiti mu(XVIII) -muthibiti Reflexive -jithibiti
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -thibiti- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -thibitiye -thibitio m-mi(III/IV) -thibitio -thibitiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -thibitilo -thibitiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -thibiticho -thibitivyo n(IX/X) -thibitiyo -thibitizo u(XI) -thibitio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -thibitiko pa(XVI) -thibitipo mu(XVIII) -thibitimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -thibiti) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yethibiti -othibiti m-mi(III/IV) -othibiti -yothibiti ji-ma(V/VI) -lothibiti -yothibiti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chothibiti -vyothibiti n(IX/X) -yothibiti -zothibiti u(XI) -othibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kothibiti pa(XVI) -pothibiti mu(XVIII) -mothibiti
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -thibitisha
  • Stative: -thibitika