ጸብእ

Ge'ez

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Possibly cognate with Hebrew צָבָא (“military, army, host”).

Noun

ጸብእ • (ṣäbʾ) (plural አጽባእ/አጽባእት)

1. army, armed forces
2. host
3. war expedition, battle

Declension

Declension of ጸብእ (ṣäbʾ)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		ጸብእ (ṣäbʾ)	ጸብአ (ṣäbʾä)
	construct		ጸብአ (ṣäbʾä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ጸብእየ (ṣäbʾəyä)
		2ms	ጸብእከ (ṣäbʾəkä)	ጸብአከ (ṣäbʾäkä)
		2fs	ጸብእኪ (ṣäbʾəki)	ጸብአኪ (ṣäbʾäki)
		3ms	ጸብኡ (ṣäbʾu)	ጸብኦ (ṣäbʾo)
		3fs	ጸብኣ (ṣäbʾa)
		1p	ጸብእነ (ṣäbʾənä)	ጸብአነ (ṣäbʾänä)
		2mp	ጸብእክሙ (ṣäbʾəkmu)	ጸብአክሙ (ṣäbʾäkmu)
		2fp	ጸብእክን (ṣäbʾəkn)	ጸብአክን (ṣäbʾäkn)
		3mp	ጸብኦሙ (ṣäbʾomu)
		3fp	ጸብኦን (ṣäbʾon)
plural	absolute		አጽባእ (ʾäṣbaʾ)	አጽባአ (ʾäṣbaʾä)
	construct		አጽባአ (ʾäṣbaʾä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አጽባእየ (ʾäṣbaʾyä)
		2ms	አጽባኢከ (ʾäṣbaʾikä)
		2fs	አጽባእኪ (ʾäṣbaʾki); አጽባኢኪ (ʾäṣbaʾiki)
		3ms	አጽባኢሁ (ʾäṣbaʾihu)
		3fs	አጽባኢሃ (ʾäṣbaʾiha)
		1p	አጽባኢነ (ʾäṣbaʾinä)
		2mp	አጽባኢክሙ (ʾäṣbaʾikmu)
		2fp	አጽባኢክን (ʾäṣbaʾikn)
		3mp	አጽባኢሆሙ (ʾäṣbaʾihomu)
		3fp	አጽባኢሆን (ʾäṣbaʾihon)
plural	absolute		አጽባእት (ʾäṣbaʾt)	አጽባእተ (ʾäṣbaʾtä)
	construct		አጽባእተ (ʾäṣbaʾtä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አጽባእትየ (ʾäṣbaʾtəyä)
		2ms	አጽባእቲከ (ʾäṣbaʾtikä)
		2fs	አጽባእትኪ (ʾäṣbaʾtəki); አጽባእቲኪ (ʾäṣbaʾtiki)
		3ms	አጽባእቲሁ (ʾäṣbaʾtihu)
		3fs	አጽባእቲሃ (ʾäṣbaʾtiha)
		1p	አጽባእቲነ (ʾäṣbaʾtinä)
		2mp	አጽባእቲክሙ (ʾäṣbaʾtikmu)
		2fp	አጽባእቲክን (ʾäṣbaʾtikn)
		3mp	አጽባእቲሆሙ (ʾäṣbaʾtihomu)
		3fp	አጽባእቲሆን (ʾäṣbaʾtihon)

Related terms

• ጸብአ (ṣäbʾä)
• ተጸብአ (täṣäbʾä)
• ተጻብአ (täṣabʾä)
• ጽቡእ (ṣəbuʾ)
• ጸባኢ (ṣäbaʾi)
• ጸባኢት (ṣäbaʾit)
• ተጻባኢ (täṣabaʾi)
• መጽብእት (mäṣbəʾt)
• ምጽባእ (məṣbaʾ)
• ጸባኦት (ṣäbaʾot)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ጸብእ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel