arab

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See also: Arab, àrab, and arab.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi अरब (arab).

Noun

arab (plural arab or arabs)

  1. (India, rare) billion (sense 1); 1,000,000,000; or with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,00,000.

Coordinate terms

Translations

billion — see billion

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈrab/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧rab

Noun

aráb m (plural aroobá f)

  1. skin
  2. wrinkle

Declension

Declension of aráb
absolutive aráb
predicative arába
subjective aráb
genitive aráb
Postpositioned forms
l-case arábal
k-case arábak
t-case arábat
h-case arábah

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “arab”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 33

Albanian

Adjective

arab

  1. Arabic

Noun

arab m

  1. Arab (person)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: arab
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Adjective

arab (not comparable)

  1. Arabic (relating to Arabia)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative arab arabok
accusative arabot arabokat
dative arabnak araboknak
instrumental arabbal arabokkal
causal-final arabért arabokért
translative arabbá arabokká
terminative arabig arabokig
essive-formal arabként arabokként
essive-modal arabul —
inessive arabban arabokban
superessive arabon arabokon
adessive arabnál araboknál
illative arabba arabokba
sublative arabra arabokra
allative arabhoz arabokhoz
elative arabból arabokból
delative arabról arabokról
ablative arabtól araboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		arabé araboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		arabéi arabokéi

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Related terms

Noun

arab (countable and uncountable, plural arabok)

  1. Arabian (person)
  2. Arabic (language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative arab arabok
accusative arabot arabokat
dative arabnak araboknak
instrumental arabbal arabokkal
causal-final arabért arabokért
translative arabbá arabokká
terminative arabig arabokig
essive-formal arabként arabokként
essive-modal — —
inessive arabban arabokban
superessive arabon arabokon
adessive arabnál araboknál
illative arabba arabokba
sublative arabra arabokra
allative arabhoz arabokhoz
elative arabból arabokból
delative arabról arabokról
ablative arabtól araboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		arabé araboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		arabéi arabokéi
Possessive forms of arab
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. arabom arabjaim
2nd person sing. arabod arabjaid
3rd person sing. arabja arabjai
1st person plural arabunk arabjaink
2nd person plural arabotok arabjaitok
3rd person plural arabjuk arabjaik

Further reading

  • arab in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • arab in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Béarn)(file)

Adjective

arab m (feminine singular araba, masculine plural arabs, feminine plural arabas)

  1. Arab
    Synonym: arabi

Noun

arab m (uncountable)

  1. Arabic (language)
    Synonym: arabi

Rendille

Noun

arab

  1. elephant

Further reading

  • Günther Schlee, Karaba Sahado, Rendille Proverbs in their Social and Legal Context (2002)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French arabe. Compare the doublet arap.

Pronunciation

Adjective

arab m or n (feminine singular arabă, masculine plural arabi, feminine and neuter plural arabe)

  1. Arab, Arabic

Declension

Declension of arab
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite arab arabă arabi arabe
definite arabul araba arabii arabele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite arab arabe arabi arabe
definite arabului arabei arabelor arabilor

Noun

arab m (plural arabi, feminine equivalent arabă or arăboaică)

  1. Arab (person)

Declension

Declension of arab
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) arab arabul (niște) arabi arabii
genitive/dative (unui) arab arabului (unor) arabi arabilor
vocative arabule arabilor

See also

Swedish

Noun

arab c

  1. Arab (person)

Declension

Declension of arab 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative arab araben araber araberna
Genitive arabs arabens arabers arabernas

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Anagrams

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Noun

arab (plural arablar)

  1. Arab

Derived terms

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