"ልብ" meaning in Amharic

See ልብ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɨbː/ Audio: LL-Q28244 (amh)-Woubster-ልብ.wav
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *libb-. Cognates include Ge'ez ልብ (ləbb) and Arabic لُبّ (lubb). Etymology templates: {{inh|am|sem-pro|*libb-}} Proto-Semitic *libb-, {{cog|gez|ልብ|tr=ləbb}} Ge'ez ልብ (ləbb), {{cog|ar|لُبّ}} Arabic لُبّ (lubb) Head templates: {{head|am|noun|||||||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|f4tr=|f5tr=|f6tr=|f7tr=|f8tr=|g=m|head=|sort=|tr=ləbb|tr2=}} ልብ • (ləbb) m, {{am-noun|g=m|tr=ləbb}} ልብ • (ləbb) m Forms: ləbb [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ልብ [indefinite, masculine], ልቡ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], ልቡን [definite, direct-object, masculine], ልብን [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ልቤ [first-person, singular], ልባችን [first-person, plural], - [first-person, formal], ልብህ [masculine, second-person, singular], ልባችሁ [masculine, plural, second-person], ልብዎ [formal, masculine, second-person], ልብሽ [feminine, second-person, singular], ልባችሁ [feminine, plural, second-person], ልብዎ [feminine, formal, second-person], ልቡ [masculine, singular, third-person], ልባቸው [formal, masculine, third-person], ልባቸው [masculine, plural, third-person], ልቧ [feminine, singular, third-person], ልባቸው [feminine, formal, third-person], ልባቸው [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. heart
    Sense id: en-ልብ-am-noun-PLloqYII
  2. belly
    Sense id: en-ልብ-am-noun-WQZ9oWZS
  3. chest
    Sense id: en-ልብ-am-noun-fKDXAZFY
  4. courage
    Sense id: en-ልብ-am-noun-RJKqvXM~ Categories (other): Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Body parts, Organs Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 5 5 22 28 29 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 10 10 37 11 13 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 10 36 11 13 10 Disambiguation of Body parts: 7 7 7 60 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Organs: 6 6 6 65 7 6 6
  5. attention
    Sense id: en-ልብ-am-noun-4Hh9JypD Categories (other): Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 5 5 22 28 29 5
  6. truth, fact
    Sense id: en-ልብ-am-noun-oTmYX0kK Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 22 6 40 18 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 5 5 22 28 29 5
  7. mind, intelligence
    Sense id: en-ልብ-am-noun-JmDzcKPy
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "attention"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "truth, fact"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ],
        [
          "fact",
          "fact"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mind, intelligence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɨbː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q28244 (amh)-Woubster-ልብ.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q28244_%28amh%29-Woubster-%E1%88%8D%E1%89%A5.wav/LL-Q28244_%28amh%29-Woubster-%E1%88%8D%E1%89%A5.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q28244_%28amh%29-Woubster-%E1%88%8D%E1%89%A5.wav/LL-Q28244_%28amh%29-Woubster-%E1%88%8D%E1%89%A5.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "am:ልብ"
  ],
  "word": "ልብ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ልብ meaning in Amharic (4.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ልብ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ልብ",
  "trace": "started on line 55, detected on line 55"
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'definite subject'",
  "path": [
    "ልብ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ልብ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'general object'",
  "path": [
    "ልብ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ልብ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "ልብ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ልብ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Amharic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.