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

n. (f.)

1. generation, group of people or animals born in the same year; 2. offspring
поколение, группа людей или животных, рождённых в один год
جيل
LS 296; CSOL II 401
text examples

1.

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)

2. ínoʰ še ṭeʸh óˀoz di-ˀaḷ-ŝínik mes ˁábreʰ ‘I have a goat from whom I never saw any offspring (that is, whose kids always died)’ (field notes)

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)

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etymology

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