adabi

See also: ədəbi

Afar

Alternative forms

• ádab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdabi/, [ʔʌˈdʌbɪ]
• Hyphenation: a‧da‧bi

Hausa

(file)

Noun

adábi m (plural adaboobí f)

1. politeness, good manners

Declension

Declension of adábi
absolutive	adábi
predicative	adábi
subjective	adabí
genitive	adabí
Postpositioned forms l-case adábil k-case adábik t-case adábit h-case adábih

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “adàbi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab). Doublet of ladàbī̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.dà.bíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.də̀.bíː]

Noun

adàbī m (possessed form adàbin)

1. literature