ظبي

See also: طبی and طبي

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *θ̣aby-. Compare Aramaic טַבְיָא (ṭaḇyā), Classical Syriac ܛܒܝܐ (ṭaḇyā), Hebrew צְבִי (ts'ví, ṣəḇī), Ugaritic 𐎑𐎁𐎊 (ẓby).

Noun

ظَبْي (ẓaby) m (plural أَظْبٍ (ʾaẓbin) or ظِبَاء (ẓibāʾ) or ظُبِيّ (ẓubiyy), feminine ظَبْيَة (ẓabya))

  1. gazelle, mountain goat, antelope
  2. mark by branding
  3. name of a star

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

ظُبِيّ (ẓubiyy) m pl

  1. plural of ظَبْي (ẓaby)

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 208
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