absorbi

Derived from Latin absorbere, from ab- (“from”) + sorbere (“suck in”).

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• Rhymes: -orbi
• Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧bi

absorbi (present absorbas, past absorbis, future absorbos, conditional absorbus, volitive absorbu)

1. (transitive) to absorb, preoccupy
2. (transitive, nonstandard) to soak up, take in

   Synonym: sorbi

   • 1909, L. L. Zamenhof, “Supo el kolbasaj bastonetoj”, in Fabeloj de Andersen [Andersen's Fables]‎, translation of original by Hans Christian Andersen:

     Tiuj libroj estis tiel grasmakulaj, ili certe absorbis en sin tutajn torentojn da larmoj.

     Those books were so greasy, they must have absorbed whole torrents of tears.

Conjugation of absorbi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		absorbas		absorbis		absorbos
active participle		absorbanta	absorbantaj	absorbinta	absorbintaj	absorbonta	absorbontaj
	acc.	absorbantan	absorbantajn	absorbintan	absorbintajn	absorbontan	absorbontajn
passive participle		absorbata	absorbataj	absorbita	absorbitaj	absorbota	absorbotaj
	acc.	absorbatan	absorbatajn	absorbitan	absorbitajn	absorbotan	absorbotajn
nominal active participle		absorbanto	absorbantoj	absorbinto	absorbintoj	absorbonto	absorbontoj
	acc.	absorbanton	absorbantojn	absorbinton	absorbintojn	absorbonton	absorbontojn
nominal passive participle		absorbato	absorbatoj	absorbito	absorbitoj	absorboto	absorbotoj
	acc.	absorbaton	absorbatojn	absorbiton	absorbitojn	absorboton	absorbotojn
adverbial active participle		absorbante		absorbinte		absorbonte
adverbial passive participle		absorbate		absorbite		absorbote

infinitive		absorbi						imperative		absorbu						conditional		absorbus

• obsedi (“obsess”)

Borrowed from French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō, based on sorbi.

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a absorbi (third-person singular present absoarbe, past participle absorbit) 4th conj.

1. to absorb

• absorbant
• absorbire
• absorbit

• absorbție
• sorbi