عَبْرٞه
ˁábreʰ (du. ˁabríti, pl. ˁibárhen)
basic morphological information

n. (f.)

generation, group of people or animals born in the same year
поколение, группа людей или животных, рождённых в один год
جيل
LS 296; CSOL II 401
text examples

a. ho wa-díˀʸho ˁábreʰ ekóben ṭey sáˁaʰ be-mádrasaʰ ‘I started school together with the other children of my generation’ (CSOL II 5:1)

b. tóˀo bérek gedóḥoʰ tho ˁážeʰ wa-ˁemέroʰ ken deš sέneʰ bére ˁeghéten megɔ́še ˁábreʰ di-megɔ́še ḥer ‘When I gave birth, a woman came and said: “All women are giving birth to boys this year: a generation of boys!”’ (CSOL II 5:1)

morphological notes

dim. ˁebéroʰ:

ḷendóḳ níˀho ˁebéroʰ wa-di-ríšḷaḷ ḷentémaṭ ˁes ‘May this generation be given over to me, these wretched ones, to my satisfaction’ (CSOL II 5:15)

root
ˁbr 6
derivates
etymology

Leslau (LS 296, CDG 5) compares Geez ˀeber ‘old woman, widow’ in spite of the stable traditional spelling with ˀ.

By regular expression