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ልብ

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ልብ

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *libb-. Cognates include Ge'ez ልብ (ləbb) and Arabic لُبّ (lubb).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɨbː/
  • Hyphenation: ልብ
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ልብ (ləbbm

  1. heart
  2. belly
  3. chest
  4. courage
  5. attention
  6. truth, fact
  7. mind, intelligence

Declension

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Definiteness forms of ልብ
masculine
indefinite ልብ (ləbb)
definite subject ልቡ (ləbbu)
definite object ልቡን (ləbbun)
general object ልብን (ləbbən)
Possessive forms of ልብ (ləbb)
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

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  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ልብ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 14

Ge'ez

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Root
ለ-በ-በ (lä-bä-bä)
1 term

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *libb-.

Noun

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ልብ (ləbbm (plural አልባብ)

  1. heart

References

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Tigre

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *libb-.

Noun

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ልብ (ləbbm

  1. heart