ثعلب
See also: تغلب
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab- (“fox”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒈜𒀀 (šēlebum) and Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šuʿɔl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θaʕ.lab/
Audio (file) - (Gulf Arabic) IPA(key): /ˈθəʕ.ləb/
- (Hejazi) IPA(key): /taʕ.lab/, /θaʕ.lab/
Noun
ثَعْلَب • (ṯaʿlab) m (plural ثَعَالِب (ṯaʿālib), feminine ثَعْلَبَة (ṯaʿlaba), masculine ثُعْلُبَان (ṯuʿlubān))
- fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- (dialect, rare) jackal (Canis aureus)
- (figuratively) a cunning or deceitful person
Declension
Declension of noun ثَعْلَب (ṯaʿlab)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثَعْلَب ṯaʿlab | الثَّعْلَب aṯ-ṯaʿlab | ثَعْلَب ṯaʿlab |
| Nominative | ثَعْلَبٌ ṯaʿlabun | الثَّعْلَبُ aṯ-ṯaʿlabu | ثَعْلَبُ ṯaʿlabu |
| Accusative | ثَعْلَبًا ṯaʿlaban | الثَّعْلَبَ aṯ-ṯaʿlaba | ثَعْلَبَ ṯaʿlaba |
| Genitive | ثَعْلَبٍ ṯaʿlabin | الثَّعْلَبِ aṯ-ṯaʿlabi | ثَعْلَبِ ṯaʿlabi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | ثَعْلَبَيْن ṯaʿlabayn | الثَّعْلَبَيْن aṯ-ṯaʿlabayn | ثَعْلَبَيْ ṯaʿlabay |
| Nominative | ثَعْلَبَانِ ṯaʿlabāni | الثَّعْلَبَانِ aṯ-ṯaʿlabāni | ثَعْلَبَا ṯaʿlabā |
| Accusative | ثَعْلَبَيْنِ ṯaʿlabayni | الثَّعْلَبَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaʿlabayni | ثَعْلَبَيْ ṯaʿlabay |
| Genitive | ثَعْلَبَيْنِ ṯaʿlabayni | الثَّعْلَبَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaʿlabayni | ثَعْلَبَيْ ṯaʿlabay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثَعَالِب ṯaʿālib | الثَّعَالِب aṯ-ṯaʿālib | ثَعَالِب ṯaʿālib |
| Nominative | ثَعَالِبُ ṯaʿālibu | الثَّعَالِبُ aṯ-ṯaʿālibu | ثَعَالِبُ ṯaʿālibu |
| Accusative | ثَعَالِبَ ṯaʿāliba | الثَّعَالِبَ aṯ-ṯaʿāliba | ثَعَالِبَ ṯaʿāliba |
| Genitive | ثَعَالِبَ ṯaʿāliba | الثَّعَالِبِ aṯ-ṯaʿālibi | ثَعَالِبِ ṯaʿālibi |
Descendants
- Egyptian Arabic: تعلب (táʿlab)
- Gulf Arabic: ثعلب (ṯaʕlab)
- Hijazi Arabic: ثعلب (taʿlab, ṯaʿlab)
- South Levantine Arabic: تعلب (táʿlab)
- Yemeni Arabic: ثَعَلْ (ṯaʕal)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ثعلب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 338
- The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, šēlebu, University of Pennsylvania, 2004
- "Proto-Semitic Root: *t_aʕlab-; Number 2543" in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.