جٞابٞى
gébe (yegóbe/ľigbέ)
basic morphological information

v. (Ib)

1. to be able; 2. to overcome
быть в состоянии; преодолевать
قَدَرَ
LS 101; CSOL I 541; CSOL II 461
text examples

1.

a. neḥóre keʰ gebéˀen ‘We’ll try if we can.’ (CSOL II 1:65)

b. aḷ-ˀegɛbóˀoʰ ḷerḳíḥos ‘We won’t be able to pull it out.’ (CSOL II 23:7)

2. 
a. entáḥki ho wa-ṭad men masˀuľín wa-ˀaḷ gébe tho ‘I was arguing with an official and he couldn’t get the better of me.’ (CSOL I 23:14)

b. dékom tho id-fέne ṭad wa-ʸheʰ ˁeẓ̂ ṣetk toʸh wa-ˁámok nɔ́fin aḷ-ˀegóbeš ‘Someone struck me in the face, and he was quite strong. I looked at him and said to myself: “I can’t beat him.”’ (CSOL I 17:13)

morphological notes

3 sg. f. gibóˀoʰ. 

semantic notes

‘To be able to do something (jussive)’ (1b)

‘To be able to do overcome someone (direct object)’ (2a)

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