أهبة
Arabic
Etymology
Akin to Aramaic יהבא (“load, burden”), and an Aramaism יהב in Psalm 55, 23. Likely related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊭𒁍 (a-ša-bu /ašābu/, “to sit down”) bearing also in the form IV 𒋗𒋗𒁍 (šu-šu-bu /šūšubu/) the here notable senses of “settling” and of “staying in an ambush”, “being assigned to be a garrison soldier”, which are occasions where one would need gear or supplies.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuh.ba/
Noun
أُهْبَة • (ʾuhba) f (plural أُهَب (ʾuhab))
- accoutrement, gear, equipment, impedimenta
- 2018 December 15, ““السترات الصفراء” يعودون إلى شوارع فرنسا..اشتباكات وعشرات الاعتقالات -(صور وفيديو)”, in AlQuds.co.uk:
- وقال وزير داخلية فرنسا إنه تم وضع نحو 69 ألفا من أفراد الشرطة على أهبة الاستعداد السبت، وجرى تعزيز القوات في مدن تولوز وبوردو وسانت ايتيين.
- The Minister of Interior of France said that 69 thousand of police units have been equipped to be ready on Saturday and the forces in the cities of Toulouse and Bordeaux and Saint-Ètienne have been strengthened.
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Declension
Declension of noun أُهْبَة (ʾuhba)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُهْبَة ʾuhba | الْأُهْبَة al-ʾuhba | أُهْبَة ʾuhbat |
| Nominative | أُهْبَةٌ ʾuhbatun | الْأُهْبَةُ al-ʾuhbatu | أُهْبَةُ ʾuhbatu |
| Accusative | أُهْبَةً ʾuhbatan | الْأُهْبَةَ al-ʾuhbata | أُهْبَةَ ʾuhbata |
| Genitive | أُهْبَةٍ ʾuhbatin | الْأُهْبَةِ al-ʾuhbati | أُهْبَةِ ʾuhbati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أُهْبَتَيْن ʾuhbatayn | الْأُهْبَتَيْن al-ʾuhbatayn | أُهْبَتَيْ ʾuhbatay |
| Nominative | أُهْبَتَانِ ʾuhbatāni | الْأُهْبَتَانِ al-ʾuhbatāni | أُهْبَتَا ʾuhbatā |
| Accusative | أُهْبَتَيْنِ ʾuhbatayni | الْأُهْبَتَيْنِ al-ʾuhbatayni | أُهْبَتَيْ ʾuhbatay |
| Genitive | أُهْبَتَيْنِ ʾuhbatayni | الْأُهْبَتَيْنِ al-ʾuhbatayni | أُهْبَتَيْ ʾuhbatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُهَب ʾuhab | الْأُهَب al-ʾuhab | أُهَب ʾuhab |
| Nominative | أُهَبٌ ʾuhabun | الْأُهَبُ al-ʾuhabu | أُهَبُ ʾuhabu |
| Accusative | أُهَبًا ʾuhaban | الْأُهَبَ al-ʾuhaba | أُهَبَ ʾuhaba |
| Genitive | أُهَبٍ ʾuhabin | الْأُهَبِ al-ʾuhabi | أُهَبِ ʾuhabi |
Derived terms
- أَهَّبَ (ʾahhaba, “to equip”)
- تَأَهَّبَ (taʾahhaba, “to gear up, to equip oneself”)
Related terms
- إهَاب (ʾihāb, “hide”) (we know not if one of both terms derives from the other)
References
- “yhb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Beer, Georg (1905), “Der vordere Orient”, in Theologischer Jahresbericht (in German), volume 24, page 55
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “أهبة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
- Fischer, August (1904), “Eine Anfrage an Arabisten über Psalm 55, 23”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 58, pages 665–667
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1904), “Notizen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 58, page 797
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “أهبة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 67
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “أهبة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 65
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “أهبة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 120
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أهبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 90
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “أهبة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 50