دبوس
Arabic
Alternative forms
- دَبُّوز (dabbūz), دَبُّوسَة (dabbūsa), دَبُّوزَة (dabbūza)
Etymology
A pre-Mamluk Turkic borrowing, from a cognate of Ottoman Turkish طوپوز (topuz, “iron mace”). The name of a pin may have additional connection to the root د ب ب (d-b-b) related to crawling, pushing in, compare also دَرْبَسَ (darbasa, “to shut”), and possibly, too, the name stuck owing to دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dab.buːs/
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Noun
دَبُّوس • (dabbūs) m (plural دَبَابِيس (dabābīs))
- pin
- (before that) peg, plug, rod, cudgel, any oblong instrument driven into or onto something
- (figuratively) penis
- Synonyms: قَضِيب (qaḍīb), ذَكَر (ḏakar), زُبّ (zubb), أَيْر (ʾayr), آلَة (ʾāla)
- (originally now historical) iron mace
Declension
Declension of noun دَبُّوس (dabbūs)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَبُّوس dabbūs | الدَّبُّوس ad-dabbūs | دَبُّوس dabbūs |
| Nominative | دَبُّوسٌ dabbūsun | الدَّبُّوسُ ad-dabbūsu | دَبُّوسُ dabbūsu |
| Accusative | دَبُّوسًا dabbūsan | الدَّبُّوسَ ad-dabbūsa | دَبُّوسَ dabbūsa |
| Genitive | دَبُّوسٍ dabbūsin | الدَّبُّوسِ ad-dabbūsi | دَبُّوسِ dabbūsi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | دَبُّوسَيْن dabbūsayn | الدَّبُّوسَيْن ad-dabbūsayn | دَبُّوسَيْ dabbūsay |
| Nominative | دَبُّوسَانِ dabbūsāni | الدَّبُّوسَانِ ad-dabbūsāni | دَبُّوسَا dabbūsā |
| Accusative | دَبُّوسَيْنِ dabbūsayni | الدَّبُّوسَيْنِ ad-dabbūsayni | دَبُّوسَيْ dabbūsay |
| Genitive | دَبُّوسَيْنِ dabbūsayni | الدَّبُّوسَيْنِ ad-dabbūsayni | دَبُّوسَيْ dabbūsay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَبَابِيس dabābīs | الدَّبَابِيس ad-dabābīs | دَبَابِيس dabābīs |
| Nominative | دَبَابِيسُ dabābīsu | الدَّبَابِيسُ ad-dabābīsu | دَبَابِيسُ dabābīsu |
| Accusative | دَبَابِيسَ dabābīsa | الدَّبَابِيسَ ad-dabābīsa | دَبَابِيسَ dabābīsa |
| Genitive | دَبَابِيسَ dabābīsa | الدَّبَابِيسِ ad-dabābīsi | دَبَابِيسِ dabābīsi |
Derived terms
- دَبَّاسَة (dabbāsa, “stapler”)
- دَبَّسَ (dabbasa, verb)
- دَبُّوسِيّ (dabbūsiyy, adjective)
Descendants
- → Malay: dabus
- Indonesian: debus
References
- Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 450, guesses as “probable” instead a Middle Iranian compound of Proto-Iranian *dwáH (“two”) and Proto-Iranian *baHjúš (“arm”) because of it being a two-handed weapon; the same compound would have engendered دَبَّاس (dabbās), دِبَاسَاء (dibāsāʾ, “praying mantis”) because of that animal’s forelegs.
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