ርግብ

Amharic

Etymology 1

Akin to Tigre እርግብ (ʾərgəb), Tigrinya ርግቢ (rəgbi), Ge'ez ርግብ (rəgb),

Alternative forms

• እርግብ (ʾərgəb)

Noun

ርግብ • (rəgb) ?

1. dove, pigeon
2. (figurative) a good-hearted person

Etymology 2

Of the same root as ረገበ (rägäbä), ረገበ (räggäbä, “to become loose or slack; to be gentle; to flutter the wings”), probably from the name of the dove.

Alternative forms

• እርግብ (ʾərgəbb)

Adjective

ርግብ • (rəgəbb)

1. slack, sagging, loose

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 414a–416a

Ge'ez

Etymology

Akin to Tigre እርግብ (ʾərgəb), Tigrinya ርግቢ (rəgbi), Amharic ርግብ (rəgb).

Noun

ርግብ • (rəgb) f or m (plural አርጋብ (ʾärgab))

1. dove, pigeon

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ርግብ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 316–317
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 464a