ذؤابة
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Probably a distorted word, potential relations being ذَنَب (ḏanab) or Yemeni Arabic زَبَان (zabān, “fundament; loins”) and the words mentioned there, and possibly just from a figurative use of ذَابَ (ḏāba, “to melt, to flow away”) hamzated in a fashion as سُؤْدُد (suʔdud) and ظِئْر (ẓiʔr), note ذُوبَان (ḏūbān) and ذِيبَان (ḏībān, “hair on the neck of a camel, horse, etc.”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ذُؤَابَة • (ḏuʔāba) f (plural ذُؤَابَات (ḏuʔābāt) or ذَوَائِب (ḏawāʔib))
- lock, tress, wisp, curl (of hair)
- a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, آثار البلاد وأخبار العباد [ʾāṯār al-bilād wa-ʾaḵbār al-ʿibād][1], Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1848, pages 238 7–6 a fine:
- فَأَمَرَ بِفَرَسَيْنِ جَمُوحَيْنِ وَشُدَّتْ ذَوَائِبُهَا فِي ذَنَبَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ ٱسْتُحْضِرَا فَقَطَعَهَا
- faʔamara bifarasayni jamūḥayni wašuddat ḏawāʔibuhā fī ḏanabayhimā ṯumma stuḥḍirā faqaṭaʕahā
- He called for two restive horses and their curls were fastened to their tails then they were brought along and he cut them.
- coma of a comet
- lappet, pendent fabric of a headdress
- 1924, أمين الريحاني [ʔAmīn ar-Rīḥānī], “السيد الإدريسي – (٦) أديان وأشجان”, in ملوك العرب[2], Windsor, United Kingdom: مؤسسة هنداوي [Hindawi Foundation], published 2021, →ISBN, page 185:
- وَجَدْتُهُ صَبَاحَ ٱلْعِيدِ جَالِسًا عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ مُعْتَمَّا بِعِمَامَةٍ هِنْدِيَّةٍ وَافِرَةٍ، طَوِيلَةِ ٱلذُّؤَابَةِ، بَاهِرَةِ ٱلْأَلْوَانِ، وَبِيَدِهِ سِفْرٌ إِنْكْلِيزِيٌّ فِي ٱلْفُطْرِيَّاتِ كَانَ يُتَرْجِمُهُ إِلَى ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْهِنْدِسْتَانِيَّةِ.
- wajadtuhu ṣabāḥa l-ʕīdi jālisan ʕalā l-ʕarši muʕtammā biʕimāmatin hindiyyatin wāfiratin, ṭawīlati ḏ-ḏuʔābati, bāhirati l-ʔalwāni, wabiyadihi sifrun ʔinglīziyyun fī l-fuṭriyyāti kāna yutarjimuhu ʔilā l-luḡati l-hindistāniyyati.
- On the feast in the morning I found him sitting on a throne in an opulent Indian turban, long in lappets, brilliant in colours, and in his hand an English book about the natural sciences he translated into Hindustani.
- (figurative) top tier, high point
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun ذُؤَابَة (ḏuʔāba)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ذُؤَابَة ḏuʔāba |
الذُّؤَابَة aḏ-ḏuʔāba |
ذُؤَابَة ḏuʔābat |
Nominative | ذُؤَابَةٌ ḏuʔābatun |
الذُّؤَابَةُ aḏ-ḏuʔābatu |
ذُؤَابَةُ ḏuʔābatu |
Accusative | ذُؤَابَةً ḏuʔābatan |
الذُّؤَابَةَ aḏ-ḏuʔābata |
ذُؤَابَةَ ḏuʔābata |
Genitive | ذُؤَابَةٍ ḏuʔābatin |
الذُّؤَابَةِ aḏ-ḏuʔābati |
ذُؤَابَةِ ḏuʔābati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | ذُؤَابَتَيْن ḏuʔābatayn |
الذُّؤَابَتَيْن aḏ-ḏuʔābatayn |
ذُؤَابَتَيْ ḏuʔābatay |
Nominative | ذُؤَابَتَانِ ḏuʔābatāni |
الذُّؤَابَتَانِ aḏ-ḏuʔābatāni |
ذُؤَابَتَا ḏuʔābatā |
Accusative | ذُؤَابَتَيْنِ ḏuʔābatayni |
الذُّؤَابَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏuʔābatayni |
ذُؤَابَتَيْ ḏuʔābatay |
Genitive | ذُؤَابَتَيْنِ ḏuʔābatayni |
الذُّؤَابَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏuʔābatayni |
ذُؤَابَتَيْ ḏuʔābatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ذُؤَابَات; ذَوَائِب ḏuʔābāt; ḏawāʔib |
الذُّؤَابَات; الذَّوَائِب aḏ-ḏuʔābāt; aḏ-ḏawāʔib |
ذُؤَابَات; ذَوَائِب ḏuʔābāt; ḏawāʔib |
Nominative | ذُؤَابَاتٌ; ذَوَائِبُ ḏuʔābātun; ḏawāʔibu |
الذُّؤَابَاتُ; الذَّوَائِبُ aḏ-ḏuʔābātu; aḏ-ḏawāʔibu |
ذُؤَابَاتُ; ذَوَائِبُ ḏuʔābātu; ḏawāʔibu |
Accusative | ذُؤَابَاتٍ; ذَوَائِبَ ḏuʔābātin; ḏawāʔiba |
الذُّؤَابَاتِ; الذَّوَائِبَ aḏ-ḏuʔābāti; aḏ-ḏawāʔiba |
ذُؤَابَاتِ; ذَوَائِبَ ḏuʔābāti; ḏawāʔiba |
Genitive | ذُؤَابَاتٍ; ذَوَائِبَ ḏuʔābātin; ḏawāʔiba |
الذُّؤَابَاتِ; الذَّوَائِبِ aḏ-ḏuʔābāti; aḏ-ḏawāʔibi |
ذُؤَابَاتِ; ذَوَائِبِ ḏuʔābāti; ḏawāʔibi |
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