ضب

See also: صب‎

Arabic
FWOTD – 19 April 2014
Uromastyx microlepis

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb-. Compare Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ‎ (ʿabbā, “spiny-tailed lizard”) and Hebrew צַב‎ (ṣaḇ, “turtle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dˁabː/, [dˁɑb], [d̪ˠɑb]

Noun

ضَبّ • (ḍabb) m (plural ضِبَاب‎ (ḍibāb) or ضُبَّان‎ (ḍubbān), feminine ضَبَّة‎ (ḍabba))

  1. spiny-tailed lizard (any lizard of the genus Uromastyx)
    • 876, The Letter of Ya'qūb-i Layth to Al-Mu'tamid, written by the poet Ibrāhim ibn Mamshādh
      ‏فعودوا الى ارضكم بالحجاز
      لاكل الضباب ورعي الغنم      ‎
      So return to your [own] land in Hejaz [Arabia], to eat lizards and to graze [your] sheep

Declension
Declension of noun ضَبّ (ḍabb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضَبّ
ḍabb		 الضَّبّ‎
aḍ-ḍabb		 ضَبّ
ḍabb
Nominative ضَبٌّ
ḍabbun		 الضَّبُّ‎
aḍ-ḍabbu		 ضَبُّ
ḍabbu
Accusative ضَبًّا‎
ḍabban		 الضَّبَّ‎
aḍ-ḍabba		 ضَبَّ
ḍabba
Genitive ضَبٍّ
ḍabbin		 الضَّبِّ‎
aḍ-ḍabbi		 ضَبِّ
ḍabbi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضَبَّيْن‎
ḍabbayn		 الضَّبَّيْن‎
aḍ-ḍabbayn		 ضَبَّيْ‎
ḍabbay
Nominative ضَبَّانِ‎
ḍabbāni		 الضَّبَّانِ‎
aḍ-ḍabbāni		 ضَبَّا‎
ḍabbā
Accusative ضَبَّيْنِ‎
ḍabbayni		 الضَّبَّيْنِ‎
aḍ-ḍabbayni		 ضَبَّيْ‎
ḍabbay
Genitive ضَبَّيْنِ‎
ḍabbayni		 الضَّبَّيْنِ‎
aḍ-ḍabbayni		 ضَبَّيْ‎
ḍabbay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضِبَاب‎
ḍibāb		 الضِّبَاب‎
aḍ-ḍibāb		 ضِبَاب‎
ḍibāb
Nominative ضِبَابٌ‎
ḍibābun		 الضِّبَابُ‎
aḍ-ḍibābu		 ضِبَابُ‎
ḍibābu
Accusative ضِبَابًا‎
ḍibāban		 الضِّبَابَ‎
aḍ-ḍibāba		 ضِبَابَ‎
ḍibāba
Genitive ضِبَابٍ‎
ḍibābin		 الضِّبَابِ‎
aḍ-ḍibābi		 ضِبَابِ‎
ḍibābi

Descendants

See also

References
  • ابن منظور. «الضَّبَّةُ»، لسان العرب.‎
  • ياقوت الحموي. «إبراهيم بن ممشاذ أبو إسحاق المتوكلي الأصبهاني»، معجم الأدباء.‎
  • Meisami, Julie Scott. Persian Historiography:To the End of the Twelfth Century. Edinburgh University Press, 1999. →ISBN. p. 116.
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