ልብ
Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *libb-. Cognates include Ge'ez ልብ (ləbb) and Arabic لُبّ (lubb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɨbː/
- Hyphenation: ልብ
Audio: (file)
Noun
ልብ • (ləbb) m
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ልብ (ləbb) |
| definite subject | ልቡ (ləbbu) |
| definite object | ልቡን (ləbbun) |
| general object | ልብን (ləbbən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ልቤ (ləbbe) | ልባችን (ləbbaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ልብህ (ləbbəh) | ልባችሁ (ləbbaččəhu) | ልብዎ (ləbbwo) |
| f | ልብሽ (ləbbəš) | |||
| third person | m | ልቡ (ləbbu) | ልባቸው (ləbbaččäw) | |
| f | ልቧ (ləbbʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ልብ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 14
Ge'ez
| Root |
|---|
| ለ-በ-በ (lä-bä-bä) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *libb-.
Noun
ልብ • (ləbb) m (plural አልባብ)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ልብ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
Tigre
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *libb-.
Noun
ልብ • (ləbb) m