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English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ârʹəbz, āʹrăbz, IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.əbz/, /ˈeɪ.ɹæbz/
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.
Noun
Arabs
- plural of Arab
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).
Pronunciation
Noun
Arabs m or f (genitive Arabis); third declension
- an inhabitant of Arabia, an Arab
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
Adjective
Arabs (genitive Arabis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Arabian
Further reading
- “Arabs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Arabs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Arabs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.