dabi

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See also: dābī and dǎbǐ

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English dab.

Pronunciation

Verb

dabi (present dabas, past dabis, future dabos, conditional dabus, volitive dabu)

  1. (transitive) To softly tap; to wipe, dab.
    La kuracisto dabis la gratvundon per vato kaj oksigena akvo.
    The doctor wiped the wound with cotton wool and oxygenated water.
    Ŝi dabis al si la okulojn per sia naztuko.
    She dabbed at her eyes with her handkerchief.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dabi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense dabas dabis dabos
active participle dabanta dabantaj dabinta dabintaj dabonta dabontaj
acc. dabantan dabantajn dabintan dabintajn dabontan dabontajn
passive participle dabata dabataj dabita dabitaj dabota dabotaj
acc. dabatan dabatajn dabitan dabitajn dabotan dabotajn
nominal active participle dabanto dabantoj dabinto dabintoj dabonto dabontoj
acc. dabanton dabantojn dabinton dabintojn dabonton dabontojn
nominal passive participle dabato dabatoj dabito dabitoj daboto dabotoj
acc. dabaton dabatojn dabiton dabitojn daboton dabotojn
adverbial active participle dabante dabinte dabonte
adverbial passive participle dabate dabite dabote
infinitive dabi imperative dabu conditional dabus