absorbi

See also: absorbí

Esperanto

Etymology

    From English absorb, French absorber, German absorbieren, Polish absorbować;[1] ultimately from Latin absorbeō.[2] First attested in 1892 in the participle form absorbita.[3]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /abˈsorbi/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -orbi
    • Syllabification: ab‧sor‧bi

    Verb

    absorbi (present absorbas, past absorbis, future absorbos, conditional absorbus, volitive absorbu)

    1. (transitive) to absorb, preoccupy
    2. (transitive, nonstandard) to soak up, take in
      Synonym: sorbi
      • 1909, L. L. Zamenhof, “Supo el kolbasaj bastonetoj”, in Fabeloj de Andersen [Andersen's Fables]‎[1], translation of original by Hans Christian Andersen:
        Tiuj libroj estis tiel grasmakulaj, ili certe absorbis en sin tutajn torentojn da larmoj.
        Those books were so greasy, they must have absorbed whole torrents of tears.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of absorbi
    present past future
    singular plural singular plural singular plural
    tense absorbas absorbis absorbos
    active participle absorbanta absorbantaj absorbinta absorbintaj absorbonta absorbontaj
    acc. absorbantan absorbantajn absorbintan absorbintajn absorbontan absorbontajn
    passive participle absorbata absorbataj absorbita absorbitaj absorbota absorbotaj
    acc. absorbatan absorbatajn absorbitan absorbitajn absorbotan absorbotajn
    nominal active participle absorbanto absorbantoj absorbinto absorbintoj absorbonto absorbontoj
    acc. absorbanton absorbantojn absorbinton absorbintojn absorbonton absorbontojn
    nominal passive participle absorbato absorbatoj absorbito absorbitoj absorboto absorbotoj
    acc. absorbaton absorbatojn absorbiton absorbitojn absorboton absorbotojn
    adverbial active participle absorbante absorbinte absorbonte
    adverbial passive participle absorbate absorbite absorbote
    infinitive absorbi imperative absorbu conditional absorbus

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    See also

    References

    1. ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “absorbi”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 1, →ISBN, page 18
    2. ^ André Cherpillod, “absorbi”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
    3. ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “absorbi”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, page 75

    Further reading

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, based on sorbi.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /absorˈbi/

    Verb

    a absorbi (third-person singular present absoarbe, past participle absorbit, third-person subjunctive absoarbă) 4th conjugation

    1. to absorb

    Conjugation

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