دابة

دابة

Arabic

Etymology

Active participle of دَبَّ‎ (dabba, “to crawl”).

Noun

دَابَّة • (dābba) f (plural دَوَابّ‎ (dawābb))

1. (broad sense) any animal, usually a quadruped
2. (narrow sense) a mount or beast of burden, especially a horse, mule, or ass

Declension

Declension of noun دَابَّة (dābba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَابَّة dābba	الدَّابَّة‎ ad-dābba	دَابَّة dābbat
Nominative	دَابَّةٌ dābbatun	الدَّابَّةُ‎ ad-dābbatu	دَابَّةُ dābbatu
Accusative	دَابَّةً dābbatan	الدَّابَّةَ‎ ad-dābbata	دَابَّةَ dābbata
Genitive	دَابَّةٍ dābbatin	الدَّابَّةِ‎ ad-dābbati	دَابَّةِ dābbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَابَّتَيْن‎ dābbatayn	الدَّابَّتَيْن‎ ad-dābbatayn	دَابَّتَيْ‎ dābbatay
Nominative	دَابَّتَانِ‎ dābbatāni	الدَّابَّتَانِ‎ ad-dābbatāni	دَابَّتَا‎ dābbatā
Accusative	دَابَّتَيْنِ‎ dābbatayni	الدَّابَّتَيْنِ‎ ad-dābbatayni	دَابَّتَيْ‎ dābbatay
Genitive	دَابَّتَيْنِ‎ dābbatayni	الدَّابَّتَيْنِ‎ ad-dābbatayni	دَابَّتَيْ‎ dābbatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَابّ‎ dawābb	الدَّوَابّ‎ ad-dawābb	دَوَابّ‎ dawābb
Nominative	دَوَابُّ‎ dawābbu	الدَّوَابُّ‎ ad-dawābbu	دَوَابُّ‎ dawābbu
Accusative	دَوَابَّ‎ dawābba	الدَّوَابَّ‎ ad-dawābba	دَوَابَّ‎ dawābba
Genitive	دَوَابَّ‎ dawābba	الدَّوَابِّ‎ ad-dawābbi	دَوَابِّ‎ dawābbi

Descendants

• Maltese: debba
• → Kanuri: dábbà (“animal”)
• → Malay: dabat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دابة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen