ثعبان

ثعبان

See also: تعبان‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ث ع ب‎ (ṯ-ʿ-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θuʕ.baːn/
  • (Hejazi) IPA^(key): /tuʕ.baːn/, /θuʕ.baːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

ثُعْبَان • (ṯuʿbān) m or f (plural ثَعَابِين‎ (ṯaʿābīn))

1. snake
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:32:

     ‏فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ‎

     fa-ʾalqā ʿaṣāhu fa-ʾiḏā hiya ṯuʿbānun mubīnun

     Then he flung down his staff and it became a bare serpent

2. (astronomy) (normally الثُعْبَان‎ (aṯ-ṯuʿbān)) Alpha Draconis

Declension

Declension of noun ثُعْبَان (ṯuʿbān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُعْبَان ṯuʿbān	الثُّعْبَان‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbān	ثُعْبَان ṯuʿbān
Nominative	ثُعْبَانٌ ṯuʿbānun	الثُّعْبَانُ‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbānu	ثُعْبَانُ ṯuʿbānu
Accusative	ثُعْبَانًا‎ ṯuʿbānan	الثُّعْبَانَ‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbāna	ثُعْبَانَ ṯuʿbāna
Genitive	ثُعْبَانٍ ṯuʿbānin	الثُّعْبَانِ‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbāni	ثُعْبَانِ ṯuʿbāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُعْبَانَيْن‎ ṯuʿbānayn	الثُّعْبَانَيْن‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbānayn	ثُعْبَانَيْ‎ ṯuʿbānay
Nominative	ثُعْبَانَانِ‎ ṯuʿbānāni	الثُّعْبَانَانِ‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbānāni	ثُعْبَانَا‎ ṯuʿbānā
Accusative	ثُعْبَانَيْنِ‎ ṯuʿbānayni	الثُّعْبَانَيْنِ‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbānayni	ثُعْبَانَيْ‎ ṯuʿbānay
Genitive	ثُعْبَانَيْنِ‎ ṯuʿbānayni	الثُّعْبَانَيْنِ‎ aṯ-ṯuʿbānayni	ثُعْبَانَيْ‎ ṯuʿbānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَعَابِين‎ ṯaʿābīn	الثَّعَابِين‎ aṯ-ṯaʿābīn	ثَعَابِين‎ ṯaʿābīn
Nominative	ثَعَابِينُ‎ ṯaʿābīnu	الثَّعَابِينُ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿābīnu	ثَعَابِينُ‎ ṯaʿābīnu
Accusative	ثَعَابِينَ‎ ṯaʿābīna	الثَّعَابِينَ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿābīna	ثَعَابِينَ‎ ṯaʿābīna
Genitive	ثَعَابِينَ‎ ṯaʿābīna	الثَّعَابِينِ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿābīni	ثَعَابِينِ‎ ṯaʿābīni

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثُعْبَان‎ (ṯuʿbān, “snake”).

Noun

ثعبان • (suʿban) (plural ثعابین‎)

1. species of large snake said to hunt rats
2. fabulous serpent of enormous size, dragon

   Synonyms: (dragon) اژدها‎ (ejdeha), تنین‎ (tinin), غول‎ (ğul)

Descendants

• Turkish: suban

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “suban”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4342
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ثعبان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 425
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Draco”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 432
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ثعبان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1523
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ثعبان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 624