دِنَّب • (dinnab) (feminine دِنَّبَة (dinnaba) or دِنَابَة (dināba))
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | دِنَّب dinnab |
الدِّنَّب ad-dinnab |
دِنَّبَة dinnaba |
الدِّنَّبَة ad-dinnaba |
Nominative | دِنَّبٌ dinnabun |
الدِّنَّبُ ad-dinnabu |
دِنَّبَةٌ dinnabatun |
الدِّنَّبَةُ ad-dinnabatu |
Accusative | دِنَّبًا dinnaban |
الدِّنَّبَ ad-dinnaba |
دِنَّبَةً dinnabatan |
الدِّنَّبَةَ ad-dinnabata |
Genitive | دِنَّبٍ dinnabin |
الدِّنَّبِ ad-dinnabi |
دِنَّبَةٍ dinnabatin |
الدِّنَّبَةِ ad-dinnabati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | دِنَّبَيْن dinnabayn |
الدِّنَّبَيْن ad-dinnabayn |
دِنَّبَتَيْن dinnabatayn |
الدِّنَّبَتَيْن ad-dinnabatayn |
Nominative | دِنَّبَانِ dinnabāni |
الدِّنَّبَانِ ad-dinnabāni |
دِنَّبَتَانِ dinnabatāni |
الدِّنَّبَتَانِ ad-dinnabatāni |
Accusative | دِنَّبَيْنِ dinnabayni |
الدِّنَّبَيْنِ ad-dinnabayni |
دِنَّبَتَيْنِ dinnabatayni |
الدِّنَّبَتَيْنِ ad-dinnabatayni |
Genitive | دِنَّبَيْنِ dinnabayni |
الدِّنَّبَيْنِ ad-dinnabayni |
دِنَّبَتَيْنِ dinnabatayni |
الدِّنَّبَتَيْنِ ad-dinnabatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
plural unknown | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | ? ? |
? ? |
دِنَّبَات dinnabāt |
الدِّنَّبَات ad-dinnabāt |
Nominative | ? ? |
? ? |
دِنَّبَاتٌ dinnabātun |
الدِّنَّبَاتُ ad-dinnabātu |
Accusative | ? ? |
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دِنَّبَاتٍ dinnabātin |
الدِّنَّبَاتِ ad-dinnabāti |
Genitive | ? ? |
? ? |
دِنَّبَاتٍ dinnabātin |
الدِّنَّبَاتِ ad-dinnabāti |
Root |
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د ن ب |
1 term |
دنب • (danb) m (plural دنوب (dnūb))
دنب • (dnab) I (non-past يدنب (yidnab))
From Middle Persian dwm(b') (/dum(b)/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (“penis, tail, rod”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀 (duma, “penis”), Kurdish, Northern Kurdish dûv (“tail”), Baluchi دمب (domb), Sarikoli (δüm), Wakhi (dümbá), Pashto لم (lëm, “tail of sheep”), Ossetian дымӕг (dymæg), Sogdian dwnp'k (δum/nb/pe), Sanskrit दुम्बक (dumbaka, “the thick-tailed sheep”).
Akin to Old Armenian դմակ (dmak, “fat tail of sheep”), Georgian დუმაკი (dumaḳi), დუმა (duma), Iranian borrowings. Perhaps also cognate with Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top, summit”) (whence English top), as well as German Zumpf (“penis”).
For the sense development compare Old Armenian ձետ (jet).
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dunb |
Dari reading? | dunb |
Iranian reading? | donb |
Tajik reading? | dunb |
دُنْب • (donb)