debba

Italian

Alternative forms

deva
deggia (archaic or poetic)
debbia (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛb.ba/, /ˈdeb.ba/^[1]^[2]
Rhymes: -ɛbba, -ebba
Hyphenation: dèb‧ba, déb‧ba

Verb

debba

first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

References

^ debbo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
^ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic دَابَّة (dābba, “mount, beast of burden”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛb.ba/

Noun

debba f (plural dwieb)

mare (female horse)

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