إبط

Arabic

Etymology

No cognates are known. Maybe irregularly from ع ب ط (ʕ-b-ṭ) or even غ ب ط (ḡ-b-ṭ) or بَطَّ (baṭṭa), but probably ه ب ط (h-b-ṭ) with the armpit understood as the part of the arm where “declivity” or “emaciation” has its place and the regular sound change of the initial consonant known from grammatical elements إِن (ʔin), أَن (ʔan), أَ (ʔa), form IV etc. but also found in e.g. إِبِل (ʔibil) and أُهْبَة (ʔuhba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔibtˤ/

Noun

إِبْط • (ʔibṭ) m or f (dual إِبْطَانِ (ʔibṭāni), plural آبَاط (ʔābāṭ))

1. armpit

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْط (ʔibṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْط ʔibṭ	الْإِبْط al-ʔibṭ	إِبْط ʔibṭ
Nominative	إِبْطٌ ʔibṭun	الْإِبْطُ al-ʔibṭu	إِبْطُ ʔibṭu
Accusative	إِبْطًا ʔibṭan	الْإِبْطَ al-ʔibṭa	إِبْطَ ʔibṭa
Genitive	إِبْطٍ ʔibṭin	الْإِبْطِ al-ʔibṭi	إِبْطِ ʔibṭi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْطَيْن ʔibṭayn	الْإِبْطَيْن al-ʔibṭayn	إِبْطَيْ ʔibṭay
Nominative	إِبْطَانِ ʔibṭāni	الْإِبْطَانِ al-ʔibṭāni	إِبْطَا ʔibṭā
Accusative	إِبْطَيْنِ ʔibṭayni	الْإِبْطَيْنِ al-ʔibṭayni	إِبْطَيْ ʔibṭay
Genitive	إِبْطَيْنِ ʔibṭayni	الْإِبْطَيْنِ al-ʔibṭayni	إِبْطَيْ ʔibṭay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آبَاط ʔābāṭ	الْآبَاط al-ʔābāṭ	آبَاط ʔābāṭ
Nominative	آبَاطٌ ʔābāṭun	الْآبَاطُ al-ʔābāṭu	آبَاطُ ʔābāṭu
Accusative	آبَاطًا ʔābāṭan	الْآبَاطَ al-ʔābāṭa	آبَاطَ ʔābāṭa
Genitive	آبَاطٍ ʔābāṭin	الْآبَاطِ al-ʔābāṭi	آبَاطِ ʔābāṭi

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: باط (bāṭ)
• Hijazi Arabic: باط (bāṭ)
• Maltese: abt
• Moroccan Arabic: أبط (ʔabṭ), باط (bāṭ)