دبابة
See also: ذبابة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| د ب ب (d-b-b) |
Etymology
Tool noun from the root د ب ب (d-b-b).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dab.baː.ba/
Noun
دَبَّابَة • (dabbāba) f (plural دَبَّابَات (dabbābāt))
- tank, armoured vehicle
- (historical) A kind of medieval siege engine designed to shelter men who are digging a hole in enemy fortifications
- anything that creeps; an animal that creeps or crawls
- 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Genesis, 1:24:
- وَقَالَ اللَّٰهُ: «لِتُخْرِجِ الأَرْضُ ذَوَاتِ أَنْفُسٍ حَيَّةٍ كَجِنْسِهَا: بَهَائِمَ، وَدَبَّابَاتٍ، وَوُحُوشَ أَرْضٍ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا». وَكَانَ كَذَٰلِكَ.
- waqāla llāhu: “lituḵriji l-ʾarḍu ḏawāti ʾanfusin ḥayyatin kajinsihā: bahāʾima, wadabbābātin, wawuḥūša ʾarḍin kaʾajnāsihā”. wakāna kaḏālika.
- And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.
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Declension
Declension of noun دَبَّابَة (dabbāba)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَبَّابَة dabbāba | الدَّبَّابَة ad-dabbāba | دَبَّابَة dabbābat |
| Nominative | دَبَّابَةٌ dabbābatun | الدَّبَّابَةُ ad-dabbābatu | دَبَّابَةُ dabbābatu |
| Accusative | دَبَّابَةً dabbābatan | الدَّبَّابَةَ ad-dabbābata | دَبَّابَةَ dabbābata |
| Genitive | دَبَّابَةٍ dabbābatin | الدَّبَّابَةِ ad-dabbābati | دَبَّابَةِ dabbābati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | دَبَّابَتَيْن dabbābatayn | الدَّبَّابَتَيْن ad-dabbābatayn | دَبَّابَتَيْ dabbābatay |
| Nominative | دَبَّابَتَانِ dabbābatāni | الدَّبَّابَتَانِ ad-dabbābatāni | دَبَّابَتَا dabbābatā |
| Accusative | دَبَّابَتَيْنِ dabbābatayni | الدَّبَّابَتَيْنِ ad-dabbābatayni | دَبَّابَتَيْ dabbābatay |
| Genitive | دَبَّابَتَيْنِ dabbābatayni | الدَّبَّابَتَيْنِ ad-dabbābatayni | دَبَّابَتَيْ dabbābatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَبَّابَات dabbābāt | الدَّبَّابَات ad-dabbābāt | دَبَّابَات dabbābāt |
| Nominative | دَبَّابَاتٌ dabbābātun | الدَّبَّابَاتُ ad-dabbābātu | دَبَّابَاتُ dabbābātu |
| Accusative | دَبَّابَاتٍ dabbābātin | الدَّبَّابَاتِ ad-dabbābāti | دَبَّابَاتِ dabbābāti |
| Genitive | دَبَّابَاتٍ dabbābātin | الدَّبَّابَاتِ ad-dabbābāti | دَبَّابَاتِ dabbābāti |