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أدب

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See also: ادب and أدت

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ء د ب (ʔ d b)
9 terms

    From Classical Persian دَب (dab), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

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    Noun

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    أَدَب (ʔadabm (plural آدَاب (ʔādāb))

    1. discipline
    2. courtesy
    3. civility
    4. literature, belles-lettres
      • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :
        أَنَا الَّذِي نَظَرَ الْأَعْمَى إِلَى أَدَبِي / وَأَسْمَعَتْ كَلِمَاتِي مَنْ بِهِ صَمَمُ
        ʔanā llaḏī naẓara l-ʔaʕmā ʔilā ʔadabī / waʔasmaʕat kalimātī man bihi ṣamamu
        I am the one whose literature can be seen (even) by the blind / And whose words are heard (even) by the deaf.
    5. politeness
    6. decency
    7. culture
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    أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba) II (non-past يُؤَدِّبُ (yuʔaddibu), verbal noun تَأْدِيب (taʔdīb))

    1. to educate
    2. to correct, discipline, chastise
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    أدب (form I)

    1. أَدِبُّ (ʔadibbu) /ʔa.dib.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of دَبَّ (dabba)
    2. أَدِبَّ (ʔadibba) /ʔa.dib.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of دَبَّ (dabba)
    3. أَدِبِّ (ʔadibbi) /ʔa.dib.bi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of دَبَّ (dabba)