ebba

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeb.bɑ/

Noun

ebba m

1. an ebb, receding of water

Declension

Declension of ebba (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ebba	ebban
accusative	ebban	ebban
genitive	ebban	ebbena
dative	ebban	ebbum

Descendants

• Middle English: ebbe, eb
  • English: ebb
  • Scots: ebb

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ebba”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Charles Talbot Onions, editor (1966), The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (in Old English), London, England: Oxford University Press, page 299

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ègua

Etymology

Inherited from Latin equa, feminine of equus (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈebba/

Noun

ebba f (plural ebbas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)

1. female equivalent of caddu: female horse, mare

Descendants

• → Catalan: eba (Algherese)

Swedish

Etymology

ebb +‎ -a

Verb

ebba (present ebbar, preterite ebbade, supine ebbat, imperative ebba)

1. Only used in ebba ut

Conjugation

Conjugation of ebba (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ebba		—
Supine	ebbat		—
Imperative	ebba		—
Imper. plural1	ebben		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ebbar	ebbade	—	—
Ind. plural1	ebba	ebbade	—	—
Subjunctive2	ebbe	ebbade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	ebbande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• ebba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ebba ut in Svensk ordbok (SO)