دبابة
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See also: ذبابة
Arabic
[edit]Root |
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د ب ب (d b b) |
7 terms |
Etymology
[edit]Tool noun from دَبَّ (dabba, “to crawl, to creep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]دَبَّابَة • (dabbāba) f (plural دَبَّابَات (dabbābāt))
- tank, armoured vehicle
- (historical) A kind of medieval siege engine designed to shelter men who are digging a hole in enemy fortifications
- a. 1234, بهاء الدين ابن شداد [Bahāʔ ad-Dīn b. Šaddād], edited by Albert Schultens, النوادر السلطانية والمحاسن اليوسفية [The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin][1], Leiden: Samuel Luchtman, published 1732, Pars 1, Cap. 37, page 75:
- ولما تكاملت عنده آلات القتال من المناجنيق والدبابات والستائر وغير ذلك نازل عليها في ثاني وعشرين وضائقها وقاتلها قتالا عظيما
- Having finished erecting the machines of war, mangonels, crawlers and blinds and more he attacked it the twenty-secondth time, tightly in a rough clash.
- anything that creeps; an animal that creeps or crawls
- 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Genesis, 1:24:
- وَقَالَ اللَّٰهُ: «لِتُخْرِجِ الأَرْضُ ذَوَاتِ أَنْفُسٍ حَيَّةٍ كَجِنْسِهَا: بَهَائِمَ، وَدَبَّابَاتٍ، وَوُحُوشَ أَرْضٍ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا». وَكَانَ كَذَٰلِكَ.
- waqāla llāhu: “lituḵriji l-ʔarḍu ḏawāti ʔanfusin ḥayyatin kajinsihā: bahāʔima, wadabbābātin, wawuḥūša ʔarḍin kaʔajnāsihā”. wakāna kaḏālika.
- And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun دَبَّابَة (dabbāba)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَبَّابَة dabbāba |
الدَّبَّابَة ad-dabbāba |
دَبَّابَة dabbābat |
Nominative | دَبَّابَةٌ dabbābatun |
الدَّبَّابَةُ ad-dabbābatu |
دَبَّابَةُ dabbābatu |
Accusative | دَبَّابَةً dabbābatan |
الدَّبَّابَةَ ad-dabbābata |
دَبَّابَةَ dabbābata |
Genitive | دَبَّابَةٍ dabbābatin |
الدَّبَّابَةِ ad-dabbābati |
دَبَّابَةِ dabbābati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | دَبَّابَتَيْن dabbābatayn |
الدَّبَّابَتَيْن ad-dabbābatayn |
دَبَّابَتَيْ dabbābatay |
Nominative | دَبَّابَتَانِ dabbābatāni |
الدَّبَّابَتَانِ ad-dabbābatāni |
دَبَّابَتَا dabbābatā |
Accusative | دَبَّابَتَيْنِ dabbābatayni |
الدَّبَّابَتَيْنِ ad-dabbābatayni |
دَبَّابَتَيْ dabbābatay |
Genitive | دَبَّابَتَيْنِ dabbābatayni |
الدَّبَّابَتَيْنِ ad-dabbābatayni |
دَبَّابَتَيْ dabbābatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَبَّابَات dabbābāt |
الدَّبَّابَات ad-dabbābāt |
دَبَّابَات dabbābāt |
Nominative | دَبَّابَاتٌ dabbābātun |
الدَّبَّابَاتُ ad-dabbābātu |
دَبَّابَاتُ dabbābātu |
Accusative | دَبَّابَاتٍ dabbābātin |
الدَّبَّابَاتِ ad-dabbābāti |
دَبَّابَاتِ dabbābāti |
Genitive | دَبَّابَاتٍ dabbābātin |
الدَّبَّابَاتِ ad-dabbābāti |
دَبَّابَاتِ dabbābāti |
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- Arabic tool nouns
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