eb

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eb"

Blin

Other scripts

Latin		eb
Ge'ez		አብ (ʾäb)

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”). Compare Beja yeef, Somali af, Iraqw afa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔəb/

Noun

eb (plural eféf)

1. (anatomy) mouth

References

• Reinisch, Leo (1887), Wörterbuch der Bilin-Sprache (in German), Wien, Austria, page 4

Crimean Tatar

Noun

eb

1. easiness, simplicity

Synonyms

• qolaylıq, qolay yol

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛp/, [ɛp]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: eb
• Rhymes: -ɛp
• Homophones: app, Ep

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ebbe, from Old Dutch *ebba, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ.

Alternative forms

• ebbe

Noun

eb f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. ebb

   Synonym: laagtij

Derived terms

• ebben
• wegebben

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eb
• Berbice Creole Dutch: hebe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eb

1. inflection of ebben:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• BE, Bé, be, be-

References

• “eb” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
• “eb” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

East Central German

Etymology

According to Ernst Göpfert, from Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌰 (iba).

Conjunction

eb

1. (Erzgebirgisch) if, whether

Further reading

• 1872 Ernst Göpfert, Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge, P. 14: ëb (ob) , keine aus ob verderbte, sondern eine echte Form, das ë erscheint als Brechung von i aus goth. iba (= ibai). Auch im Alemann. besteht eb ; vgl. Hebel : ,,Lueg, eb Alles sicher isch. "

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *empɜ (“dog”). Cognates include Southern Mansi ǟmp and Northern Mansi а̄мп (āmp, “dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛb]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

eb (plural ebek)

1. (formal or literary) dog

   Synonym: kutya

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	eb	ebek
accusative	ebet	ebeket
dative	ebnek	ebeknek
instrumental	ebbel	ebekkel
causal-final	ebért	ebekért
translative	ebbé	ebekké
terminative	ebig	ebekig
essive-formal	ebként	ebekként
essive-modal	ebül	—
inessive	ebben	ebekben
superessive	eben	ebeken
adessive	ebnél	ebeknél
illative	ebbe	ebekbe
sublative	ebre	ebekre
allative	ebhez	ebekhez
elative	ebből	ebekből
delative	ebről	ebekről
ablative	ebtől	ebektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	ebé	ebeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ebéi	ebekéi

Possessive forms of eb

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ebem	ebeim
2nd person sing.	ebed	ebeid
3rd person sing.	ebe	ebei
1st person plural	ebünk	ebeink
2nd person plural	ebetek	ebeitek
3rd person plural	ebük	ebeik

Derived terms

• ebecske
• ebi

Compound words

• ebadó
• ebadta
• ebigazolvány
• ebrúd (archaic) → ebrudal (not used on its own) → kiebrudal
• ebugatta
• öleb
• vadászeb
• véreb

Expressions

• eb ura fakó
• ebcsont beforr
• ebek harmincadjára jut
• ebül szerzett jószág ebül vész el
• egyik kutya, másik eb
• köti az ebet a karóhoz

Further reading

• eb in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• eb in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Anagrams

• be

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːp/

Conjunction

eb

1. before

   Sie komme, eb-s Nacht werd.

   They will come before nightfall.

   Ich wesche die Henn, eb-ich esse gehn.

   I wash my hands before eating.

   Mach das, ebst-du schlofst.

   Do this before you go to sleep.

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “eb”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *lepʲV, from Proto-Micronesian *lepV.

Noun

eb

1. country

Sumerian

Romanization

eb

1. romanization of 𒅁 (eb)

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *e-, from Proto-Uralic *e-.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈeb/, [ˈeb̥]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈeb/, [ˈeb̥]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈeb/, [ˈeb̥]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈeb/, [ˈeb̥]
• Rhymes: -eb̥
• Hyphenation: eb

Verb

eb (third-person singular)

1. (auxiliary) not (the negative verb)

Inflection

Inflection of eb
	indicative	imperative
1st singular	en	—
2nd singular	ed	elä
3rd singular	eb	elko
1st plural	emme	—
2nd plural	ette	elka
3rd plural	eväd	—
impersonal	eväd	—

Further reading

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “en”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn
• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “eb”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• ebe (northern zazaki)

Article

eb (n)

1. the