ضب

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb-. Compare Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʿabbā, spiny-tailed lizard) and Hebrew צַב (ṣaḇ, turtle).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضَبّ (ḍabbm (plural ضِبَاب (ḍibāb) or ضُبَّان (ḍubbān), feminine ضَبَّة (ḍabba))

  1. spiny-tailed lizard, mastigure (any lizard of the genus Uromastyx)
    • 876, The Letter of Yaʿqūb al-Layṯ to Al-Muʿtamid, written by the poet Ibrāhīm ibn Mamšāḏ
      فعودوا الى ارضكم بالحجاز
      لاكل الضباب ورعي الغنم
      So return to your land in Hejaz , to eat lizards and to graze sheep
Declension
Descendants
  • English: dabb lizard

Etymology 2

Root
ض ب ب (ḍ-b-b)

Verb

ضَبَّ (ḍabba) I, non-past يَضِبُّ‎ (yaḍibbu)

  1. to cleave to, to hold to firmly
Conjugation

Verb

ضَبَّ (ḍabba) I, non-past يَضِبُّ‎ (yaḍibbu)

  1. (obsolete) to have a gently or scanty flow, to stream, to discharge sluggishly
    Synonym: بَضَّ (baḍḍa)
Conjugation

Verb

ضَبَّ (ḍabba) I, non-past يَضَبُّ‎ (yaḍabbu)

  1. (obsolete) to be affected by the disease termed ضَبّ (ḍabb)
Conjugation

Noun

ضَبّ (ḍabbm (obsolete)

  1. a disease in the lips, in consequence of which blood flows from it
  2. tumor in the extremity of the foot of a camel
  3. chapping or cracking in the armpit of a child or camel
Declension

Noun

ضَبّ (ḍabbm (collective, singulative ضَبَّة f (ḍabba), plural ضِبَاب (ḍibāb))

  1. spadix of a palm-tree before it cleaves open
Declension

Noun

ضَبّ or ضِبّ (ḍabb or ḍibbm (obsolete)

  1. rancour, malice, anger, wrath (a characteristic ascribed to the mastigure)
Declension

Noun

ضَبّ (ḍabbm

  1. verbal noun of ضَبَّ (ḍabba) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

ضَبَّ (ḍabba) I, non-past يَضُبُّ‎ (yaḍubbu)

  1. to milk with five fingers
    Synonym: ضَفَّ (ḍaffa)
Conjugation

Noun

ضَبّ (ḍabbm

  1. verbal noun of ضَبَّ (ḍabba) (form I)
Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ض ب ب
2 terms
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Uromastyx microlepis

Etymology

From Arabic ضَبّ (ḍabb).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضب (ḍabbm (plural ضُبَّان (ḍubbān))

  1. spiny-tailed lizard, mastigure (any lizard of the genus Uromastyx)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ض ب ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ضَبَّ (ḍabba, to put in safekeeping).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤab/,
  • (file)

Verb

ضبّ (ḍabb) I (present بضبّ (biḍobb))

  1. to put away, to pack (clothes, etc.)
  2. to organize, to tidy up
    Synonyms: رتّب (rattab), نظّم (naẓẓam)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ضبّ (ḍabb)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ضبّيت (ḍabbēt) ضبّيت (ḍabbēt) ضبّ (ḍabb) ضبّينا (ḍabbēna) ضبّيتو (ḍabbētu) ضبّو (ḍabbu)
f ضبّيتي (ḍabbēti) ضبّت (ḍabbat)
present m بضبّ (baḍobb) بتضبّ (bitḍobb) بضبّ (biḍobb) منضبّ (minḍobb) بتضبّو (bitḍobbu) بضبّو (biḍobbu)
f بتضبّي (bitḍobbi) بتضبّ (bitḍobb)
subjunctive m اضبّ (aḍobb) تضبّ (tḍobb) يضبّ (yḍobb) نضبّ (nḍobb) تضبّو (tḍobbu) يضبّو (yḍobbu)
f تضبّي (tḍobbi) تضبّ (tḍobb)
imperative m ضبّ (ḍobb) ضبّو (ḍobbu)
f ضبّي (ḍobbi)