Arabs
See also: arabs, àrabs, and arābs
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ârʹəbz, āʹrăbz, IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.əbz/, /ˈeɪ.ɹæbz/
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.
Noun
Arabs
- plural of Arab
Anagrams
- Baars, Baras, Basra, Sabra, abras, arbas, sabar, sabra
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”), from Arabic عَرَب (ʿarab).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.rabs/, [ˈäräps̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.rabs/, [ˈäːräbs]
- Note: the first vowel is phonemically short and is only found lengthened for the sake of meter in 4-syllabic forms of other related words, after the model of Ī̆talia.
Noun
Arabs m or f (genitive Arabis); third declension
- an inhabitant of Arabia, an Arab
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Arabs | Arabēs Arabes |
| Genitive | Arabis | Arabum |
| Dative | Arabī | Arabibus |
| Accusative | Arabem Araba | Arabēs Arabas |
| Ablative | Arabe | Arabibus |
| Vocative | Arabs | Arabes |
Adjective
Arabs (genitive Arabis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Arabian
Related terms
- Ā̆rabia
- ā̆rabicus
Further reading
- “Arabs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Arabs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Arabs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette