داب

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Arabic

Etymology

Egyptian variant of ذَابَ (ḏāba).

Verb

دَابَ (dāba) I (non-past يَدُوبُ (yadūbu), verbal noun دَوْب (dawb) or دَوَبَان (dawabān))

  1. (Egypt) to wear thin, to be worn out

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “د و ب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
د و ب
1 term

From Arabic ذَابَ (ḏāba).

Pronunciation

Verb

داب (dāb) I (non-past يدوب (ydūb))

  1. (intransitive) to melt, to dissolve
    بدا كيدوب التلج فإفران هاد الشهر.
    bda kaydūb et-talj fi-ʕifrān hād eš-šhar
    The snow has started melting in Ifrane this month.
    داب السكر فالعصير بالزربة.
    dāb es-sukkar f-el-ʕaṣīr b-ez-zarba
    The sugar has quickly dissolved in the juice.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of داب
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دبت (dubt) دبتي (dubti) داب (dāb) دبنا (dubna) دبتوا (dubtu) دابوا (dābu)
f دابت (dābet)
non-past m ندوب (ndūb) تدوب (tdūb) يدوب (ydūb) ندوبوا (ndūbu) تدوبوا (tdūbu) يدوبوا (ydūbu)
f تدوبي (tdūbi) تدوب (tdūb)
imperative m دوب (dūb) دوبوا (dūbu)
f دوبي (dūbi)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ذَابَ (ḏāba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːb/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

داب (dāb) I (present بدوب (bidūb))

  1. (intransitive) to melt, to dissolve
    Antonym: جمد (jimid)
  2. (intransitive) to thaw
    Antonym: جمد (jimid)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of داب (dāb)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دبت (dubt) دبت (dubt) داب (dāb) دبنا (dubna) دبتو (dubtu) دابو (dābu)
f دبتي (dubti) دابت (dābat)
present m بدوب (badūb) بتدوب (bitdūb) بدوب (bidūb) مندوب (mindūb) بتدوبو (bitdūbu) بيدوبو (bidūbu)
f بتدوبي (bitdūbi) بتدوب (bitdūb)
subjunctive m ادوب (adūb) تدوب (tdūb) يدوب (ydūb) ندوب (ndūb) تدوبو (tdūbu) يدوبو (ydūbu)
f تدوبي (tdūbi) تدوب (tdūb)
imperative m دوب (dūb) دوبو (dūbu)
f دوبي (dūbi)