ebabil

Turkish

Ebabil.

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ابابیل (ebābil, “large flights of birds, legendary birds in the Qur'an, held by some to have been the alpine swift or a species of swallow”), from Arabic أَبَابِيل (ʔabābīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.baːˈbil/
• Hyphenation: e‧ba‧bil

Noun

ebabil (definite accusative ebabili, plural ebabiller)

1. (zoology) A medium-sized bird from the family Apodidae; the Common swift.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ebabil
Definite accusative	ebabili
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ebabil	ebabiller
Definite accusative	ebabili	ebabilleri
Dative	ebabile	ebabillere
Locative	ebabilde	ebabillerde
Ablative	ebabilden	ebabillerden
Genitive	ebabilin	ebabillerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular ebabilim ebabillerim 2nd singular ebabilin ebabillerin 3rd singular ebabili ebabilleri 1st plural ebabilimiz ebabillerimiz 2nd plural ebabiliniz ebabilleriniz 3rd plural ebabilleri ebabilleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular ebabilimi ebabillerimi 2nd singular ebabilini ebabillerini 3rd singular ebabilini ebabillerini 1st plural ebabilimizi ebabillerimizi 2nd plural ebabilinizi ebabillerinizi 3rd plural ebabillerini ebabillerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular ebabilime ebabillerime 2nd singular ebabiline ebabillerine 3rd singular ebabiline ebabillerine 1st plural ebabilimize ebabillerimize 2nd plural ebabilinize ebabillerinize 3rd plural ebabillerine ebabillerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular ebabilimde ebabillerimde 2nd singular ebabilinde ebabillerinde 3rd singular ebabilinde ebabillerinde 1st plural ebabilimizde ebabillerimizde 2nd plural ebabilinizde ebabillerinizde 3rd plural ebabillerinde ebabillerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular ebabilimden ebabillerimden 2nd singular ebabilinden ebabillerinden 3rd singular ebabilinden ebabillerinden 1st plural ebabilimizden ebabillerimizden 2nd plural ebabilinizden ebabillerinizden 3rd plural ebabillerinden ebabillerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular ebabilimin ebabillerimin 2nd singular ebabilinin ebabillerinin 3rd singular ebabilinin ebabillerinin 1st plural ebabilimizin ebabillerimizin 2nd plural ebabilinizin ebabillerinizin 3rd plural ebabillerinin ebabillerinin

Further reading

• “ebabil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu