ኮከብ

Amharic

ኮከብ። (1)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-. Cognate with Hebrew כּוֹכָב and Aramaic כוכבא.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkokəb/

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• Hyphenation: ኮ‧ከብ

Noun

ኮከብ • (kokäb) m (plural ኮከቦች (kokäboč))

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

Declension

Definiteness forms of ኮከብ

	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

• Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ኮከብ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), 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