ذئبة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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ذِئْب (ḏiʔb) +‎ ـَة (-a)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔbaf (plural ذِئْبَات (ḏiʔbāt))

  1. she-wolf
  2. (obsolete) the disease vives
  3. the disease lupus

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe[1] (in French), 2nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذئبة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78