ebba
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *abjǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeb.bɑ/
Noun
ebba m
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ebba | ebban |
| accusative | ebban | ebban |
| genitive | ebban | ebbena |
| dative | ebban | ebbum |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ebba”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second 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 form of equus (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈebba/
Noun
ebba f (plural ebbas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)
- mare (female horse)
Descendants
- → Catalan: eba
Further reading
- “ebba”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
ebba (present ebbar, preterite ebbade, supine ebbat, imperative ebba)
- only used in ebba ut
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ebba | — | ||
| supine | ebbat | — | ||
| imperative | ebba | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | ebben | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | ebbar | ebbade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | ebba | ebbade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | ebbe | ebbade | — | — |
| present participle | ebbande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.