mention

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) mention

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) mentions

Past tense (ya wuce) mentioned

Past participle (ya wuce) mentioned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) mentioning

1. (transitive) If you mention something, you say it or talk about it, but only very briefly. <> ambata/ambaci/ambace, ambato/ambata, furta, faɗi, gayawa

   she mentioned your name <> ta ambaci sunanki.

   they don't like to mention their age <> ba sa son yawan faɗan shekarunsu.

   they didn't mention a word <> ko kalma ɗaya ba su furta ba.

   (idomatic, response to thanks) don't mention it <> (martanin godiya) Ba sai ma ka ambata ba = wato ba komai ko madalla!

   mention something to someone <> faɗawa ko gayawa

   I'll mention it to him <> Zan gaya/faɗa masa.

Related words

• unmentioned

Noun

Singular mention

Plural mentions

1. (countable) A mention of something, is when somebody mentions it. <> faɗin, ambatar/ambatarwa

   Kavanagh's book makes no mention of Katherine's name. <> Ba wani ambacin sunan Katherine a cikin littafin Kavanagh

   The economy received only the briefest of mentions in the speech. <> Kaɗan aka ambaci tattalin arziki a jawabin.