አልቦ
Amharic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ge'ez አልቦ (ʾälbo, “there is no”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)albo/
- Hyphenation: አል‧ቦ
Noun
አልቦ • (ʾalbo) m
- bead
- woman's anklet made of beads
- mule's necklet made of beads
Declension
Definiteness forms of አልቦ (ʾalbo)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | አልቦ (ʾalbo) |
| Definite subject | አልቦው (ʾalbow) |
| Definite object | አልቦውን (ʾalbowən) |
| General object | አልቦን (ʾalbon) |
Possessive forms of አልቦ (ʾalbo)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | አልቦዬ (ʾalboye) | አልቦዋችን (ʾalbowaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | አልቦህ (ʾalboh) | አልቦዋችሁ (ʾalbowaččəhu) | አልቦዎ (ʾalbowo) |
| f | አልቦሽ (ʾalboš) | |||
| Third person | m | አልቦው (ʾalbow) | አልቦዋቸው (ʾalbowaččäw) | |
| f | አልቦዋ (ʾalbowa) | |||
Numeral
አልቦ • (ʾalbo)
- (rare) Synonym of ዜሮ (zero)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “አልቦ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1109
- Wolf Leslau (1995) Reference grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 251