

Borrowed fromMedieval Latinbahobab, fromArabicأَبُو حِبَاب(ʔabū ḥibāb,“father of many seeds”), fromأَبُو(ʔabū,“father”) +حَبّ(ḥabb,“seed”).
baobab (pluralbaobabs)
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baobab
Borrowed fromMedieval Latinbahobab, fromArabicأَبُو حِبَاب(ʔabū ḥibāb,“father of many seeds”), fromأَبُو(ʔabū,“father”) +حَبّ(ḥabb,“seed”).
baobab c (singular definitebaobabben,plural indefinitebaobabber)
gender | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | baobab | baobabben | baobabber | baobabberne |
| genitive | baobabs | baobabbens | baobabbers | baobabbernes |
Borrowed fromMedieval Latinbahobab, fromArabicأَبُو حِبَاب(ʔabū ḥibāb,“father of many seeds”), fromأَبُو(ʔabū,“father”) +حَبّ(ḥabb,“seed”).
baobab m (pluralbaobabs,nodiminutive)
Learned borrowing fromMedieval Latinbahobab.
baobab
| Inflection ofbaobab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | baobab | baobabit | |
| genitive | baobabin | baobabien | |
| partitive | baobabia | baobabeja | |
| illative | baobabiin | baobabeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | baobab | baobabit | |
| accusative | nom. | baobab | baobabit |
| gen. | baobabin | ||
| genitive | baobabin | baobabien | |
| partitive | baobabia | baobabeja | |
| inessive | baobabissa | baobabeissa | |
| elative | baobabista | baobabeista | |
| illative | baobabiin | baobabeihin | |
| adessive | baobabilla | baobabeilla | |
| ablative | baobabilta | baobabeilta | |
| allative | baobabille | baobabeille | |
| essive | baobabina | baobabeina | |
| translative | baobabiksi | baobabeiksi | |
| abessive | baobabitta | baobabeitta | |
| instructive | — | baobabein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Borrowed fromArabicأَبُو حِبَاب(ʔabū ḥibāb,“fruit of many seeds”).
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Borrowed fromArabicأَبُو حِبَاب(ʔabū ḥibāb,“father of many seeds”).
baobab m (invariable)
baobab
Borrowed fromFrenchbaobab orEnglishbaobab, ultimately fromArabicأَبُو حِبَاب(ʔabū ḥibāb,“father of many seeds”).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | baobab | baobabul | baobabi | baobabii | |
| genitive-dative | baobab | baobabului | baobabi | baobabilor | |
| vocative | baobabule | baobabilor | |||
Borrowed fromMedieval Latinbahobab, fromArabicأَبُو حِبَاب(ʔabū ḥibāb,“father of many seeds”), fromأَبُو(ʔabū,“father”) +حَبّ(ḥabb,“seed”).