sebep

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈbep/
  • Rhymes: -ep
  • Hyphenation: se‧bép

Noun

sebep m (plural sebepe, definite sebepi, definite plural sebepet) (colloquial, archaic)

  1. reason, cause
    Synonyms: shkak, shkas
  2. weak reason, justification
    Synonyms: vjegë, arsye
  3. familial occasion or event (wedding, birth, death)
    Synonym: rast

Further reading

  • “sebep”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980
  • sebep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “sebep”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 414

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Noun

sebep

  1. reason, base

Declension

Postposition

sebep

  1. (+ ablative) due to

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

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Noun

sebep (definite accusative sebebi, plural sebepler or (dated) esbap)

  1. reason

Declension

Inflection
Nominative sebep
Definite accusative sebebi
Singular Plural
Nominative sebep sebepler
Definite accusative sebebi sebepleri
Dative sebebe sebeplere
Locative sebepte sebeplerde
Ablative sebepten sebeplerden
Genitive sebebin sebeplerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular sebebim sebeplerim
2nd singular sebebin sebeplerin
3rd singular sebebi sebepleri
1st plural sebebimiz sebeplerimiz
2nd plural sebebiniz sebepleriniz
3rd plural sebepleri sebepleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular sebebimi sebeplerimi
2nd singular sebebini sebeplerini
3rd singular sebebini sebeplerini
1st plural sebebimizi sebeplerimizi
2nd plural sebebinizi sebeplerinizi
3rd plural sebeplerini sebeplerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular sebebime sebeplerime
2nd singular sebebine sebeplerine
3rd singular sebebine sebeplerine
1st plural sebebimize sebeplerimize
2nd plural sebebinize sebeplerinize
3rd plural sebeplerine sebeplerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular sebebimde sebeplerimde
2nd singular sebebinde sebeplerinde
3rd singular sebebinde sebeplerinde
1st plural sebebimizde sebeplerimizde
2nd plural sebebinizde sebeplerinizde
3rd plural sebeplerinde sebeplerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular sebebimden sebeplerimden
2nd singular sebebinden sebeplerinden
3rd singular sebebinden sebeplerinden
1st plural sebebimizden sebeplerimizden
2nd plural sebebinizden sebeplerinizden
3rd plural sebeplerinden sebeplerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular sebebimin sebeplerimin
2nd singular sebebinin sebeplerinin
3rd singular sebebinin sebeplerinin
1st plural sebebimizin sebeplerimizin
2nd plural sebebinizin sebeplerinizin
3rd plural sebeplerinin sebeplerinin

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