absorbi

Derived from Latin absorbere, from ab- (“from”) + sorbere (“suck in”).

• IPA^(key): [abˈsorbi]
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• Rhymes: -orbi
• Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧bi

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]‎, 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.

• obsedi (“obsess”)

Borrowed from French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō, based on sorbi.

• IPA^(key): [absorˈbi]

a absorbi (third-person singular present absoarbe, past participle absorbit) 4th conj.

1. to absorb

• absorbant
• absorbire
• absorbit

• absorbție
• sorbi