مطب

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed in the twentieth century from dialects, where there exists a verb طَبَّ (to come down, to land, to arrive, to hit) and the place noun also means “place, stead”.

Pronunciation

Noun

مَطَبّ (maṭabbm (plural مَطَبَّات (maṭabbāt))

  1. bump, hump, pocket, something that decelerates
    مَطَبّ هَوَائِيّmaṭabb hawāʔiyyair pocket
    مَطَبّ السُّرْعَةmaṭabb as-surʕaspeed bump

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مطب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 763