ጥበብ

Amharic

Etymology

Root
ጥ-ብ-ብ (ṭə-bə-bə)

Related to Tigrinya ጥበብ (ṭəbäb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʼɨbəb/
• Hyphenation: ጥ‧በብ

Noun

ጥበብ • (ṭəbäb) m

1. ability, skill
2. wisdom, knowledge

Declension

Definiteness forms of ጥበብ (ṭəbäb)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ጥበብ (ṭəbäb)
Definite subject	ጥበቡ (ṭəbäbu)
Definite object	ጥበቡን (ṭəbäbun)
General object	ጥበብን (ṭəbäbən)

Possessive forms of ጥበብ (ṭəbäb)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ጥበቤ (ṭəbäbe)	ጥበባችን (ṭəbäbaččən)	—
Second person	m	ጥበብህ (ṭəbäbəh)	ጥበባችሁ (ṭəbäbaččəhu)	ጥበብዎ (ṭəbäbwo)
	f	ጥበብሽ (ṭəbäbəš)
Third person	m	ጥበቡ (ṭəbäbu)	ጥበባቸው (ṭəbäbaččäw)
	f	ጥበቧ (ṭəbäbʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ጠበበ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 46

Tigrinya

Noun

ጥበብ • (ṭəbäb) f

1. art
2. wisdom