إردب

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic אַרְדְּבָא / ܐܪܕܒܐ (ʾardəḇā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒁕𒁉 (/⁠ardabu⁠/, “capacity measure of about 56 litres”), whence also Ancient Greek ἀρτάβη (artábē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Arabic) IPA^(key): /ʔir.dabb/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʔar.dabb/

Noun

إِرْدَبّ • (ʔirdabb) m (plural أَرَادِب (ʔarādib))

1. a dry measure, artab, chiefly used in Egypt and varying but fixed in the 20th century at 198 liters

Declension

Declension of noun إِرْدَبّ (ʔirdabb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِرْدَبّ ʔirdabb	الْإِرْدَبّ al-ʔirdabb	إِرْدَبّ ʔirdabb
Nominative	إِرْدَبٌّ ʔirdabbun	الْإِرْدَبُّ al-ʔirdabbu	إِرْدَبُّ ʔirdabbu
Accusative	إِرْدَبًّا ʔirdabban	الْإِرْدَبَّ al-ʔirdabba	إِرْدَبَّ ʔirdabba
Genitive	إِرْدَبٍّ ʔirdabbin	الْإِرْدَبِّ al-ʔirdabbi	إِرْدَبِّ ʔirdabbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِرْدَبَّيْن ʔirdabbayn	الْإِرْدَبَّيْن al-ʔirdabbayn	إِرْدَبَّيْ ʔirdabbay
Nominative	إِرْدَبَّانِ ʔirdabbāni	الْإِرْدَبَّانِ al-ʔirdabbāni	إِرْدَبَّا ʔirdabbā
Accusative	إِرْدَبَّيْنِ ʔirdabbayni	الْإِرْدَبَّيْنِ al-ʔirdabbayni	إِرْدَبَّيْ ʔirdabbay
Genitive	إِرْدَبَّيْنِ ʔirdabbayni	الْإِرْدَبَّيْنِ al-ʔirdabbayni	إِرْدَبَّيْ ʔirdabbay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرَادِب ʔarādib	الْأَرَادِب al-ʔarādib	أَرَادِب ʔarādib
Nominative	أَرَادِبُ ʔarādibu	الْأَرَادِبُ al-ʔarādibu	أَرَادِبُ ʔarādibu
Accusative	أَرَادِبَ ʔarādiba	الْأَرَادِبَ al-ʔarādiba	أَرَادِبَ ʔarādiba
Genitive	أَرَادِبَ ʔarādiba	الْأَرَادِبِ al-ʔarādibi	أَرَادِبِ ʔarādibi

Descendants

• → English: ardeb
• → Ge'ez: አርደብ (ʾärdäb)