طوبة

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Latin talpa (“mole”). And talpīnus was borrowed as طوبين (ṭawbīn, “mole”), *talpīnārīus as طَوْبَنَار (ṭawbanār, “dormouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤawba/

Noun

طَوْبَة (ṭawba) f (plural طَوْبَات (ṭawbāt))

1. rat

Etymology 2

From Arabic طُوبَة (ṭūba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤuːba/

Noun

طُوبَة (ṭūba) f (collective طُوب (ṭūb), paucal طَوْبَات (ṭūbāt))

1. a brick, baked brick, adobe brick

Etymology 3

From Latin tōfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤuːba/

Noun

طُوبَة (ṭūba) f (collective طُوب (ṭūb), paucal طَوْبَات (ṭūbāt))

1. a cotton thistle

References

• 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 828
• Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888) Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, page 537
• Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888) Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, page 541

Arabic

Etymology

From Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”); see the etymology at طُوب (ṭūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤuː.ba/

Noun

طُوبَة • (ṭūba) f (singulative, collective طُوب m (ṭūb), plural طُوبَات (ṭūbāt))

1. a brick, baked brick, adobe brick

Declension

Declension of noun طُوبَة (ṭūba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُوبَة ṭūba	الطُّوبَة aṭ-ṭūba	طُوبَة ṭūbat
Nominative	طُوبَةٌ ṭūbatun	الطُّوبَةُ aṭ-ṭūbatu	طُوبَةُ ṭūbatu
Accusative	طُوبَةً ṭūbatan	الطُّوبَةَ aṭ-ṭūbata	طُوبَةَ ṭūbata
Genitive	طُوبَةٍ ṭūbatin	الطُّوبَةِ aṭ-ṭūbati	طُوبَةِ ṭūbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُوبَتَيْن ṭūbatayn	الطُّوبَتَيْن aṭ-ṭūbatayn	طُوبَتَيْ ṭūbatay
Nominative	طُوبَتَانِ ṭūbatāni	الطُّوبَتَانِ aṭ-ṭūbatāni	طُوبَتَا ṭūbatā
Accusative	طُوبَتَيْنِ ṭūbatayni	الطُّوبَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭūbatayni	طُوبَتَيْ ṭūbatay
Genitive	طُوبَتَيْنِ ṭūbatayni	الطُّوبَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭūbatayni	طُوبَتَيْ ṭūbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُوبَات ṭūbāt	الطُّوبَات aṭ-ṭūbāt	طُوبَات ṭūbāt
Nominative	طُوبَاتٌ ṭūbātun	الطُّوبَاتُ aṭ-ṭūbātu	طُوبَاتُ ṭūbātu
Accusative	طُوبَاتٍ ṭūbātin	الطُّوبَاتِ aṭ-ṭūbāti	طُوبَاتِ ṭūbāti
Genitive	طُوبَاتٍ ṭūbātin	الطُّوبَاتِ aṭ-ṭūbāti	طُوبَاتِ ṭūbāti

Descendants

• Juba Arabic: tub
• Moroccan Arabic: طوبة (ṭūba)

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).

Noun

طوبة (ṭōbe) f

1. soccer

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Latin talpa (“mole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤuːb.ba/

Noun

طوبة • (ṭūbba) f (plural طوبات (ṭūbbāt))

1. rat

Etymology 2

From Arabic طُوبَة (ṭūba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤuːba/

Noun

طوبة • (ṭūba) f (singulative, collective طوب m (ṭūb), plural طوبات (ṭūbāt))

1. a brick, baked brick, adobe brick