ضبع

Arabic

ضَبُع

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʿ-.

Noun

ضَبُع or ضَبْع (ḍabuʿ or ḍabʿ) m (plural ضِبَاع (ḍibāʿ) or أَضْبُع (ʾaḍbuʿ))

  1. hyena

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), ضبع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 742

Hijazi Arabic

ضَبْع

Etymology

From Arabic ضَبْع (ḍabʿ), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʿ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdˁabʕ/

Noun

ضَبْع • (ḍabʿ) m

(plural ضِباع ‎(ḍibāʿ))
  1. hyena
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