From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe
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From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbábwe
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwský, demonym Zimbabwan)
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe n
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).
Zimbabwe
Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
accusative | nom. | Zimbabwe | — |
gen. | Zimbabwen | ||
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
inessive | Zimbabwessa | — | |
elative | Zimbabwesta | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
adessive | Zimbabwella | — | |
ablative | Zimbabwelta | — | |
allative | Zimbabwelle | — | |
essive | Zimbabwena | — | |
translative | Zimbabweksi | — | |
abessive | Zimbabwetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwénak | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwéval | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévá | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwéban | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénál | — |
illative | Zimbabwéba | — |
sublative | Zimbabwéra | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhoz | — |
elative | Zimbabwéból | — |
delative | Zimbabwéról | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéja | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétok | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjuk | — |
or somewhat less commonly
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwének | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwével | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévé | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwében | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénél | — |
illative | Zimbabwébe | — |
sublative | Zimbabwére | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhez | — |
elative | Zimbabwéből | — |
delative | Zimbabwéről | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéje | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétek | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjük | — |
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe m
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe
Orthographic borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwejski or zimbabweński)
Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe m
Zimbábwe
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe n (genitive singular Zimbabwe)
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)
Zimbabwe