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Afar
Etymology
From labhá (“men”) + -ytu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /labˈhajtu/
- Hyphenation: lab‧hay‧tu
Noun
labháytu m (feminine labhaytó, plural labhá f)
- superior man (one possessing many good qualities, like strength or cunning)
Declension
| Declension of labháytu
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| absolutive
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labháytu
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| predicative
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labháytu
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| subjective
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labhaytí
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| genitive
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labhaytí
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References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “labhàytu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)