ebba

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abjǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ebba m

  1. an ebb, receding of water

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative ebba ebban
accusative ebban ebban
genitive ebban ebbena
dative ebban ebbum

Descendants

  • Middle English: ebbe, eb
    • English: ebb
    • Scots: ebb

References

  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ebba”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Charles Talbot Onions, editor (1966), The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (in Old English), London, England: Oxford University Press, page 299

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin equa, feminine of equus (horse).

Pronunciation

Noun

ebba f (plural ebbas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)

  1. female equivalent of caddu: female horse, mare

Descendants

  • Catalan: eba (Algherese)

Swedish

Etymology

ebb +‎ -a

Verb

ebba (present ebbar, preterite ebbade, supine ebbat, imperative ebba)

  1. Only used in ebba ut

Conjugation

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