ègbé
noun
/è.ɡ͡bé/
Definitions
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a state of destruction, annihilation or perishment
ègbé ń bọ̀ fún aṣebi Destruction is coming for the wickedPossibly similar wordsìrúnnoun Wiktionary points at “ìrún”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ìrun”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ìrún” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ìrun salat (The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day) irinwó four hundred irun hair urun thing urun hairUsed inṣègbé
Etymology
From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gbé (“to cease to exist”)
Component words
è-nominalizing prefix
gbéto cease to exist
3 entries are spelled “gbé”. The etymology calls it “to cease to exist”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
gbé
to carry; to lift
gbé
to live; to inhabit
gbé
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 3,
where this word is spelled “egbe”.
Reference:
en-egbe-yo-noun-MWFNG~sQ