جورب
See also: حورب and جوزت
Arabic
Etymology
Cognate with Classical Syriac ܓܽܘܪܒܳܐ (gurbā), Hebrew גֶּרֶב (géreḇ) and Central Kurdish گۆروا (gorwa), گۆرە (gore); of disputed etymology due to unknown direction of borrowings:
- Possibly Persian جوراب (jôrâb, “sock, stocking”), with earlier forms Persian گورب (gōrab), گوراب (gōrāb), speculatively a metathesis of Middle Persian *gōrb/pāy (literally “grave of foot”) which has potential to be folk etymology.
- Alternatively the Iranian was borrowed from Aramaic גְּרָב / גְּרַב (gəraḇ, gərāḇ, “skin bottle or pouch”), with it being unknown which language family the new specified semantic meaning as a sock developed first.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaw.rab/
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Noun
جَوْرَب • (jawrab) m (plural جَوَارِب (jawārib) or جَوَارِبَة (jawāriba))
- sock
- stocking
Declension
Declension of noun جَوْرَب (jawrab)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَوْرَب jawrab | الْجَوْرَب al-jawrab | جَوْرَب jawrab |
| Nominative | جَوْرَبٌ jawrabun | الْجَوْرَبُ al-jawrabu | جَوْرَبُ jawrabu |
| Accusative | جَوْرَبًا jawraban | الْجَوْرَبَ al-jawraba | جَوْرَبَ jawraba |
| Genitive | جَوْرَبٍ jawrabin | الْجَوْرَبِ al-jawrabi | جَوْرَبِ jawrabi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جَوْرَبَيْن jawrabayn | الْجَوْرَبَيْن al-jawrabayn | جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay |
| Nominative | جَوْرَبَانِ jawrabāni | الْجَوْرَبَانِ al-jawrabāni | جَوْرَبَا jawrabā |
| Accusative | جَوْرَبَيْنِ jawrabayni | الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ al-jawrabayni | جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay |
| Genitive | جَوْرَبَيْنِ jawrabayni | الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ al-jawrabayni | جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَوَارِب; جَوَارِبَة jawārib; jawāriba | الْجَوَارِب; الْجَوَارِبَة al-jawārib; al-jawāriba | جَوَارِب; جَوَارِبَة jawārib; jawāribat |
| Nominative | جَوَارِبُ; جَوَارِبَةٌ jawāribu; jawāribatun | الْجَوَارِبُ; الْجَوَارِبَةُ al-jawāribu; al-jawāribatu | جَوَارِبُ; جَوَارِبَةُ jawāribu; jawāribatu |
| Accusative | جَوَارِبَ; جَوَارِبَةً jawāriba; jawāribatan | الْجَوَارِبَ; الْجَوَارِبَةَ al-jawāriba; al-jawāribata | جَوَارِبَ; جَوَارِبَةَ jawāriba; jawāribata |
| Genitive | جَوَارِبَ; جَوَارِبَةٍ jawāriba; jawāribatin | الْجَوَارِبِ; الْجَوَارِبَةِ al-jawāribi; al-jawāribati | جَوَارِبِ; جَوَارِبَةِ jawāribi; jawāribati |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جورب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 254