درباس
Arabic
Alternative forms
- دِرْوَاس (dirwās), دِرْنَاس (dirnās)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دروازی (darvāzī, “warden”) suffixed from درواز (darvāz), دروازه (darvāza, “doors, gate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dir.baːs/
Noun
دِرْبَاس • (dirbās) m (Classical Arabic)
- lion
- Synonyms: أَسَد (ʾasad), لَيْث (layṯ), ضُرْغَام (ḍurḡām); see also Thesaurus:أسد
- rabid dog
- brave
- Synonyms: شُجَاع (šujāʿ), بَاسِل (bāsil), مِقْدَام (miqdām)
Declension
Declension of noun دِرْبَاس (dirbās)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دِرْبَاس dirbās | الدِّرْبَاس ad-dirbās | دِرْبَاس dirbās |
| Nominative | دِرْبَاسٌ dirbāsun | الدِّرْبَاسُ ad-dirbāsu | دِرْبَاسُ dirbāsu |
| Accusative | دِرْبَاسًا dirbāsan | الدِّرْبَاسَ ad-dirbāsa | دِرْبَاسَ dirbāsa |
| Genitive | دِرْبَاسٍ dirbāsin | الدِّرْبَاسِ ad-dirbāsi | دِرْبَاسِ dirbāsi |
Descendants
- Algerian Arabic: طاروس
- Andalusian Arabic: طروس (ṭarūs, “dog”)
- Maltese: dorbies, dirbies, durbies, dirwies
- Moroccan Arabic: طاروس (ṭāṛōs, “hunting-dog”)
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 808