ظبي

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See also: طبی and طبي

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *θ̣aby-. Compare Aramaic טַבְיָא (ṭaḇyā), Classical Syriac ܛܒܝܐ (ṭaḇyā), Hebrew צְבִי (ts'ví, ṣəḇī), Ugaritic 𐎑𐎁𐎊 (ẓby).

Pronunciation

Noun

ظَبْي (ẓabym (plural أَظْبٍ (ʔaẓbin) or ظِبَاء (ẓibāʔ) or ظُبِيّ (ẓubiyy), feminine ظَبْيَة (ẓabya))

  1. gazelle, mountain goat, antelope
  2. mark by branding
  3. name of a star

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

ظُبِيّ (ẓubiyym pl

  1. plural of ظَبْي (ẓaby)

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 208