n. (f.)

a. aḷ-ŝínik di-ber ḥékem meʸh gɛˀέḷoʰ šebóbeʰ ‘Don’t you see that he has become old, there is nothing left of the youth (lit. his youth has disappeared).’ (Naumkin–Kogan 2021:527)

b. yómen ˁö́mor di-yaˁseyéten aˀḥ dédoʰ ˁéyyek ḷaḥtón wa-ʸheʰ šabb ḥadd aš-šabóbeʰ ‘One day Little Isa said: “Oh uncle! I want to be circumcised!” Now he was a lad, in the prime of his youth’ (CSOL II 8:13)

c. fɔ́ne díˀʸho be-šebóbeʰ ḷaḷ téken ẓ̂ayέfɛʰ wa-neḳáḷem aḷ-ˀémtoḷ ľinhór ḥe wa-ˁad náˁaʰ keʰ šeˁáyen bíŝi di-yaˀáraḥ ḥe ‘Formerly, in my youth, when there was a feast and we’d jump, nobody could outdo me. And even now, if we go running, nobody can catch me’ (CSOL II 13:33)

• šabb youth
• etšébbeb to be young