adabi

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See also: ədəbi

Afar

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈdabi/ [ʔʌˈdʌbɪ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧da‧bi

Noun

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adábi m (plural adaboobí f)

  1. politeness, good manners

Declension

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Declension of adábi
absolutive adábi
predicative adábi
subjective adabí
genitive adabí
Postpositioned forms
l-case adábil
k-case adábik
t-case adábit
h-case adábih

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “adàbi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Hausa

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab). Doublet of ladàbī̀.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔá.dà.bíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.də̀.bíː]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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adàbī m (possessed form adàbin)

  1. literature