dhibiti

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-dhibiti (infinitive kudhibiti)

1. to control, manage

Conjugation

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

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -dhibitiwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • mdhibiti (“controller, protector”)
  • udhibiti (“control”)