ኮከብ

Amharic

ኮከብ። (1)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkokəb/

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• Hyphenation: ኮ‧ከብ

Noun

ኮከብ • (kokäb) m (plural ከዋክብት (käwakəbt))

1. star
2. good luck
3. fortune, destiny

Declension

Definiteness forms of ኮከብ (kokäb)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ኮከብ (kokäb)
Definite subject	ኮከቡ (kokäbu)
Definite object	ኮከቡን (kokäbun)
General object	ኮከብን (kokäbən)

Possessive forms of ኮከብ (kokäb)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ኮከቤ (kokäbe)	ኮከባችን (kokäbaččən)	—
Second person	m	ኮከብህ (kokäbəh)	ኮከባችሁ (kokäbaččəhu)	ኮከብዎ (kokäbwo)
	f	ኮከብሽ (kokäbəš)
Third person	m	ኮከቡ (kokäbu)	ኮከባቸው (kokäbaččäw)
	f	ኮከቧ (kokäbʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ኮከብ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-.

Noun

ኮከብ • (kokäb) m (plural ከዋክብት)

1. star

Related terms

• ከውከበ (käwkäbä)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ኮከብ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel