ابو شبت

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the Arabic word شَبَث (šabaṯ, “spider”) + أَبُو (ʔabū, “father of" or "possessor of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔæˈboʃæbæt]

Noun

ابو شبت • (ʾabu šabat) m (no plural)

1. spider

Synonyms

• عنكبوت
• شبث

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895) “ابو شبت”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban