dhibiti

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-dhibiti (infinitive kudhibiti)

  1. to control, manage

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -dhibiti
Positive present -nadhibiti
Subjunctive -dhibiti
Negative -dhibiti
Imperative singular dhibiti
Infinitives
Positive kudhibiti
Negative kutodhibiti
Imperatives
Singular dhibiti
Plural dhibitini
Tensed forms
Habitual hudhibiti
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidhibiti
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudhibiti
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadhibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadhibiti/nadhibiti tunadhibiti
2nd person unadhibiti mnadhibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadhibiti wanadhibiti
other classes positive subject concord + -nadhibiti
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person sidhibiti hatudhibiti
2nd person hudhibiti hamdhibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadhibiti hawadhibiti
other classes negative subject concord + -dhibiti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadhibiti
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadhibiti
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person nidhibiti tudhibiti
2nd person udhibiti mdhibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhibiti wadhibiti
other classes positive subject concord + -dhibiti
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidhibiti
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedhibiti
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedhibiti
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidhibiti
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidhibiti
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adhibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person nadhibiti twadhibiti
2nd person wadhibiti mwadhibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhibiti wadhibiti
m-mi(III/IV) wadhibiti yadhibiti
ji-ma(V/VI) ladhibiti yadhibiti
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadhibiti vyadhibiti
n(IX/X) yadhibiti zadhibiti
u(XI) wadhibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadhibiti
pa(XVI) padhibiti
mu(XVIII) mwadhibiti
Perfect positive subject concord + -medhibiti
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadhibiti
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadhibiti
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidhibiti
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodhibiti
Consecutive kadhibiti / positive subject concord + -kadhibiti
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadhibiti
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidhibiti -tudhibiti
2nd person -kudhibiti -wadhibiti/-kudhibitini/-wadhibitini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdhibiti -wadhibiti
m-mi(III/IV) -udhibiti -idhibiti
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidhibiti -yadhibiti
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidhibiti -vidhibiti
n(IX/X) -idhibiti -zidhibiti
u(XI) -udhibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudhibiti
pa(XVI) -padhibiti
mu(XVIII) -mudhibiti
Reflexive -jidhibiti
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dhibiti- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dhibitiye -dhibitio
m-mi(III/IV) -dhibitio -dhibitiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dhibitilo -dhibitiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dhibiticho -dhibitivyo
n(IX/X) -dhibitiyo -dhibitizo
u(XI) -dhibitio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dhibitiko
pa(XVI) -dhibitipo
mu(XVIII) -dhibitimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dhibiti)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedhibiti -odhibiti
m-mi(III/IV) -odhibiti -yodhibiti
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodhibiti -yodhibiti
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodhibiti -vyodhibiti
n(IX/X) -yodhibiti -zodhibiti
u(XI) -odhibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodhibiti
pa(XVI) -podhibiti
mu(XVIII) -modhibiti
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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