ض ب ب
Arabic
Etymology
Probably all derived from the lizard-name, from the idea that the lizard cleaves to the ground, thus a stream that hangs in its bed, a lock latch, and a fog because it locks up sight.
Root
ض ب ب • (ḍ-b-b)
- related to cleaving to the ground
Derived terms
- Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to cleave to, to hold to firmly”)
- Verbal noun: ضَبّ (ḍabb)
- Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
- Passive participle: مَضْبُوب (maḍbūb)
- Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to have a gently or scanty flow, to stream, to discharge sluggishly”)
- Verbal noun: ضَبّ (ḍabb), ضُبُوب (ḍubūb), ضَبِيب (ḍabīb)
- Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
- Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to be affected by the disease termed ضَبّ (ḍabb)”)
- Verbal noun: ضَبَب (ḍabab)
- Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
- Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to milk with five fingers”)
- Verbal noun: ضَبّ (ḍabb)
- Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
- Passive participle: مَضْبُوب (maḍbūb)
- Form II: ضَبَّبَ (ḍabbaba, “to clamp or strengthen, to hold or keep by putting a ضَبَّة (ḍabba) around”)
- Verbal noun: تَضْبِيب (taḍbīb)
- Active participle: مُضَبِّب (muḍabbib)
- Passive participle: مُضَبَّب (muḍabbab)
- Form IV: أَضَبَّ (ʾaḍabba, “to keep to, to cleave to; to grasp, to take possession of; to be or become abundant, to be copiose; to abound with lizards; to be foggy; to make flow; to speak, to express, to exclaim; to be silent, to abstain from talking; to hide, to conceal, to abscond; to cover”)
- Verbal noun: إِضْبَاب (ʾiḍbāb)
- Active participle: مُضِبّ (muḍibb)
- Passive participle: مُضَبّ (muḍabb)
- Form V: تَضَبَّبَ (taḍabbaba, “to be or become so fat that the armpits are chapped and the neck is short”)
- Verbal noun: تَضَبُّب (taḍabbub)
- Active participle: مُتَضَبِّب (mutaḍabbib)
- Form VII: اِنْضَبَّ (inḍabba, “to be packed together thightly”)
- Verbal noun: اِنْضِبَاب (inḍibāb)
- Active participle: مُنْضَبّ (munḍabb)
- Form X: اِسْتَضَبَّ (istaḍabba)
- Verbal noun: اِسْتِضْبَاب (istiḍbāb)
- Active participle: مُسْتَضِبّ (mustaḍibb)
- Passive participle: مُسْتَضَبّ (mustaḍabb)
- ضَبّ (ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”); f. ضَبَّة (ḍabba)
- ضَبّ (ḍabb, “the spadix of a palm-tree before it cleaves open”)
- ضَبّ (ḍabb, “a disease in the lips, in consequence of which blood flows from it; tumor in the extremity of the foot of a camel; chapping or cracking in the armpit of a child or camel”)
- ضَبَّة (ḍabba, “ferrule; bolt-lock”)
- ضَبَاب (ḍabāb, “fog, mist”)
- مَضَبَّة (maḍabba, “land abounding with spiny-tailed lizards”)
- ضُبَاضِب (ḍubāḍib, “hardy”)
- ضِبْضِب (ḍibḍib, “fat”)
- ضَبُوب (ḍabūb, “beast staling while running”)
- أَضَبّ (ʾaḍabb, “affected by the disease termed ضَبّ (ḍabb)”)
- ضَبِيب (ḍabīb, “point or edge of a sword”)
- ضَبِيبَة (ḍabība, “clarified butter”)
References
- Diem, Werner (1973), “Untersuchungen zu Technik und Terminologie der arabisch-islamischen Türschlösser”, in Der Islam (in German), volume 50, issue 1, DOI:, pages 136–138
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “ض ب ب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 1
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “ض ب ب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 1–2
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