لولب

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Etymology

Derived from Persian لوله (lule, thing that spins, twists, or rolls; barrel, cylinder; tubing, pipe) + آب (âb, water).

Noun

لَوْلَب (lawlabm (plural لَوَالِب (lawālib))

  1. the simple machine called screw
  2. spiral, helix
  3. spiral spring, spring
  4. spiral staircase
  5. (figurative) pivot point
  6. tube, canal
  7. tube of an alembic

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لولب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 137
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لولب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 932
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لولب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1037

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَوْلَب (lawlab).

Pronunciation

Noun

لولب (lūlabm (plural لوالب (lwālib))

  1. screw
    Synonym: فيس (vīs)
    ديما كتعطي إيكييا اللوالب بالزايد.
    dīma kataʕṭi ʔīkīya l-lwālib be-z-zāyid.
    IKEA always gives extra screws.

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