debe

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See also: debé, dəbə, dɛ́bɛ, and dɛ̀bɛ

English

Etymology

From Swahili debe.

Noun

debe (plural debes)

  1. (Kenya) A tin container used for kerosene etc.

Abinomn

Noun

debe

  1. bow (weapon)

Galician

Verb

debe

  1. inflection of deber:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Verb

debe

  1. present of deber
  2. imperative of deber

Latin

Verb

dēbē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēbeō

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

debe n

  1. disagreement
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
      Do·adbadar sund trá causa pro qua scripta est æpistola .i. irbága ro·bátar leosom eter desciplu et debe; óentu immurgu eter a magistru.
      Here, then is shown the reason for which the epistle was written, i.e. they had had contentions and disagreements between the disciples; unity, however, among their masters.

Declension

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative debeN debeL debeL
vocative debeN debeL debeL
accusative debeN debeL debeL
genitive debiL debeL debeN
dative debiuL debib debib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of debe
radical lenition nasalization
debe debe
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndebe

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Soninke

Etymology

Cognate with Bambara dɛ̀bɛn, Eastern Maninkakan dɛ̀bɛ.

Noun

debe

  1. mat
    Synonym: tenbe

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdebe/
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: de‧be

Verb

debe

  1. inflection of deber:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic دِبّة.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

debe class V (plural madebe class VI)

  1. An oil container holding about four gallons.

References

  1. ^ Morano, Roberta (2019-10) The Arabic dialect spoken in the al 'Awabi district, northern Oman (Thesis)‎, University of Leeds
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