xab

Translingual

Symbol

xab

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sambe.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Sambe terms

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاب (xâb).

Noun

xab (definite accusative xabı, plural xablar)

1. (poetic) dream

   Synonyms: yuxu, röya

   • 1946, Məhəmmədtağı Zehtabi, Sən osan, mən də buyam‎^[1]:

     “Su” deyibdir mənə əvvəldə anam, “ab” ki yoх,
     “Yuхu” öyrətdi uşaqlıqda mənə, “хab” ki yoх.

     My mother told me “su” in times bygone, not “ab”,
     She taught me “yuxu” as I was a child, not “xab”.

Derived terms

• xabi-qəflət
• xabi-cəhalət

Further reading

“xab” in Obastan.com.

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ksab]

Noun

xab (nominative plural xabs)

1. axle

Declension

declension of xab

	singular	plural
nominative	xab	xabs
genitive	xaba	xabas
dative	xabe	xabes
accusative	xabi	xabis
vocative 1	o xab!	o xabs!
predicative 2	xabu	xabus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only