درباس

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دروازی (darvâzi, “warden”) suffixed from درواز (darvâz), دروازه (darvâza, “doors, gate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

دِرْبَاس • (dirbās) m (Classical Arabic)

  1. lion
    Synonyms: أَسَد (ʔasad), لَيْث (layṯ), ضُرْغَام (ḍurḡām); see also Thesaurus:أسد
  2. rabid dog
  3. brave
    Synonyms: شُجَاع (šujāʕ), بَاسِل (bāsil), مِقْدَام (miqdām)

Declension

Declension of noun دِرْبَاس (dirbās)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِرْبَاس
dirbās 		الدِّرْبَاس
ad-dirbās 		دِرْبَاس
dirbās
Nominative دِرْبَاسٌ
dirbāsun 		الدِّرْبَاسُ
ad-dirbāsu 		دِرْبَاسُ
dirbāsu
Accusative دِرْبَاسًا
dirbāsan 		الدِّرْبَاسَ
ad-dirbāsa 		دِرْبَاسَ
dirbāsa
Genitive دِرْبَاسٍ
dirbāsin 		الدِّرْبَاسِ
ad-dirbāsi 		دِرْبَاسِ
dirbāsi

Descendants

  • Algerian Arabic: طاروس
  • Andalusian Arabic: طروس (ṭarūs, “dog”)
  • Maltese: dorbies, dirbies, durbies, dirwies
  • Moroccan Arabic: طاروس (ṭāṛōs, “hunting-dog”)

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 808
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