dieb

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English

Etymology

From Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb)

Noun

dieb (plural diebs)

  1. A canine of northern Africa, the African golden wolf (Canis lupaster, formerly considered an African variant of the golden jackal, Canis aureus).
    • 1869, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, page 674:
      The African jackal or dieb (C. anthus, same as in the preceding genus) []

Anagrams

Maltese

Root
d-w-b
10 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

dieb (imperfect jdub, verbal noun dewbien or dwib or dwieb) (intransitive)

  1. Alternative form of dab

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dieb
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dobt dobt dieb dobna dobtu diebu
f diebet
imperfect m ndub ddub jdub ndubu ddubu jdubu
f ddub
imperative dub dubu