جبة
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Arabic
Etymology
From the root ج ب ب (j-b-b) meaning “to cut”, “to carve a well or cistern”; from the encircling and enclosing of a well or cistern comes the secondary sense “to surround”, “to envelop”, “to en-wrap”, ultimately, from Proto-Semitic *gbb (“to bend, curve, cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
جُبَّة • (jubba) f (plural جُبَب (jubab) or جِبَاب (jibāb) or جَبَائِب (jabāʔib))
- jubbah (a type of clothing worn in some Arabic lands traditionally by men)
- a wrapper, cloak, coat, outer garment
- (archaic) coat of mail, defensive clothing
Declension
Declension of noun جُبَّة (jubba)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جُبَّة jubba |
الْجُبَّة al-jubba |
جُبَّة jubbat |
| Nominative | جُبَّةٌ jubbatun |
الْجُبَّةُ al-jubbatu |
جُبَّةُ jubbatu |
| Accusative | جُبَّةً jubbatan |
الْجُبَّةَ al-jubbata |
جُبَّةَ jubbata |
| Genitive | جُبَّةٍ jubbatin |
الْجُبَّةِ al-jubbati |
جُبَّةِ jubbati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جُبَّتَيْن jubbatayn |
الْجُبَّتَيْن al-jubbatayn |
جُبَّتَيْ jubbatay |
| Nominative | جُبَّتَانِ jubbatāni |
الْجُبَّتَانِ al-jubbatāni |
جُبَّتَا jubbatā |
| Accusative | جُبَّتَيْنِ jubbatayni |
الْجُبَّتَيْنِ al-jubbatayni |
جُبَّتَيْ jubbatay |
| Genitive | جُبَّتَيْنِ jubbatayni |
الْجُبَّتَيْنِ al-jubbatayni |
جُبَّتَيْ jubbatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote; basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جُبَب; جِبَاب; جَبَائِب jubab; jibāb; jabāʔib |
الْجُبَب; الْجِبَاب; الْجَبَائِب al-jubab; al-jibāb; al-jabāʔib |
جُبَب; جِبَاب; جَبَائِب jubab; jibāb; jabāʔib |
| Nominative | جُبَبٌ; جِبَابٌ; جَبَائِبُ jubabun; jibābun; jabāʔibu |
الْجُبَبُ; الْجِبَابُ; الْجَبَائِبُ al-jubabu; al-jibābu; al-jabāʔibu |
جُبَبُ; جِبَابُ; جَبَائِبُ jubabu; jibābu; jabāʔibu |
| Accusative | جُبَبًا; جِبَابًا; جَبَائِبَ jubaban; jibāban; jabāʔiba |
الْجُبَبَ; الْجِبَابَ; الْجَبَائِبَ al-jubaba; al-jibāba; al-jabāʔiba |
جُبَبَ; جِبَابَ; جَبَائِبَ jubaba; jibāba; jabāʔiba |
| Genitive | جُبَبٍ; جِبَابٍ; جَبَائِبَ jubabin; jibābin; jabāʔiba |
الْجُبَبِ; الْجِبَابِ; الْجَبَائِبِ al-jubabi; al-jibābi; al-jabāʔibi |
جُبَبِ; جِبَابِ; جَبَائِبِ jubabi; jibābi; jabāʔibi |
Descendants
- Andalusian Arabic: جبة (gubbah)
- → Old Spanish: aljuba
- Spanish: aljuba
- → Old Italian: giuppa
- Italian: giubba (see there for further descendants)
- → Catalan: gipó
- → Romanian: șubă
- → Middle French: jupe
- → Middle High German: joppe, schoppe
- ⇒ Old Italian: giuppone
- → Persian: جبه (jobbe)
- → Tibetan: ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa) (see there for further descendants)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جبه (cübbe) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Spanish: aljuba
- → English: jubbah, djibba, djibbah, jibba, jibbah, jubba, jubbeh
- → Malay: jubah
- Indonesian: jubah
- → Japanese: ジュッバ (jubba)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 107–117
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “جبة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 370–372