درباس
Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دروازی (darvâzi, “warden”) suffixed from درواز (darvâz), دروازه (darvâza, “doors, gate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]دِرْبَاس • (dirbās) m (Classical Arabic)
- lion
- Synonyms: أَسَد (ʔasad), لَيْث (layṯ), ضُرْغَام (ḍurḡām); see also Thesaurus:أسد
- rabid dog
- brave
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun دِرْبَاس (dirbās)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دِرْبَاس dirbās |
الدِّرْبَاس ad-dirbās |
دِرْبَاس dirbās |
| Nominative | دِرْبَاسٌ dirbāsun |
الدِّرْبَاسُ ad-dirbāsu |
دِرْبَاسُ dirbāsu |
| Accusative | دِرْبَاسًا dirbāsan |
الدِّرْبَاسَ ad-dirbāsa |
دِرْبَاسَ dirbāsa |
| Genitive | دِرْبَاسٍ dirbāsin |
الدِّرْبَاسِ ad-dirbāsi |
دِرْبَاسِ dirbāsi |
Descendants
[edit]- Algerian Arabic: طاروس
- Andalusian Arabic: طروس (ṭarūs, “dog”)
- Maltese: dorbies, dirbies, durbies, dirwies
- Moroccan Arabic: طاروس (ṭāṛōs, “hunting-dog”)
References
[edit]- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 808