جورب

See also: حورب and جوزت

Arabic

Etymology

Possibly from (or cognate with) Persian جوراب (jôrâb, “sock, stocking”), with earlier forms گورب (gôrab), گوراب (gôrâb), speculatively a metathesis of Middle Persian *gōrb/pāy (literally “grave of foot”), which has potential to be folk etymology. Alternatively, the Persian and/or the Arab forms might have been borrowed from Aramaic גְּרָב / גְּרַב (gəraḇ, gərāḇ, “skin bottle or pouch”), though it remains unknown in which language the new meaning as a footwear developed first. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܓܽܘܪܒܳܐ (gurbā) and Central Kurdish گۆروا (gorwa), گۆرە (gore); the Modern Hebrew גֶּרֶב (gérev) is a modern invention based on the Arabic root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw.rab/

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Noun

جَوْرَب • (jawrab) m (plural جَوَارِب (jawārib) or جَوَارِبَة (jawāriba))

1. sock
2. stocking

Declension

Declension of noun جَوْرَب (jawrab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوْرَب jawrab	الْجَوْرَب al-jawrab	جَوْرَب jawrab
Nominative	جَوْرَبٌ jawrabun	الْجَوْرَبُ al-jawrabu	جَوْرَبُ jawrabu
Accusative	جَوْرَبًا jawraban	الْجَوْرَبَ al-jawraba	جَوْرَبَ jawraba
Genitive	جَوْرَبٍ jawrabin	الْجَوْرَبِ al-jawrabi	جَوْرَبِ jawrabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوْرَبَيْن jawrabayn	الْجَوْرَبَيْن al-jawrabayn	جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay
Nominative	جَوْرَبَانِ jawrabāni	الْجَوْرَبَانِ al-jawrabāni	جَوْرَبَا jawrabā
Accusative	جَوْرَبَيْنِ jawrabayni	الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ al-jawrabayni	جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay
Genitive	جَوْرَبَيْنِ jawrabayni	الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ al-jawrabayni	جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوَارِب‎; جَوَارِبَة jawārib‎; jawāriba	الْجَوَارِب‎; الْجَوَارِبَة al-jawārib‎; al-jawāriba	جَوَارِب‎; جَوَارِبَة jawārib‎; jawāribat
Nominative	جَوَارِبُ‎; جَوَارِبَةٌ jawāribu‎; jawāribatun	الْجَوَارِبُ‎; الْجَوَارِبَةُ al-jawāribu‎; al-jawāribatu	جَوَارِبُ‎; جَوَارِبَةُ jawāribu‎; jawāribatu
Accusative	جَوَارِبَ‎; جَوَارِبَةً jawāriba‎; jawāribatan	الْجَوَارِبَ‎; الْجَوَارِبَةَ al-jawāriba‎; al-jawāribata	جَوَارِبَ‎; جَوَارِبَةَ jawāriba‎; jawāribata
Genitive	جَوَارِبَ‎; جَوَارِبَةٍ jawāriba‎; jawāribatin	الْجَوَارِبِ‎; الْجَوَارِبَةِ al-jawāribi‎; al-jawāribati	جَوَارِبِ‎; جَوَارِبَةِ jawāribi‎; jawāribati

Descendants

• → Hebrew: גֶּרֶב

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جورب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 254