طوب
See also: طوت and طوپ
Arabic
FWOTD – 24 September 2016
Etymology
From Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic tb (“brick”), from Egyptian ḏbt (“brick, block, ingot”):
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potentially related to Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˤuːb/
Noun
طُوب • (ṭūb) m (collective, singulative طُوبَة (ṭūba))
- (collective) brick, baked brick, adobe
- 2013, Amr Sohsah, Youm7, :
- أناشد وزير البترول حل مشاكل مصانع طوب زفتى
- ʾunāšidu wazīra l-bitrūli ḥalla mašākili maṣāniʿi ṭūbi ziftā
- I appeal to the minster of petrol to solve the problems of the brick factories of Zefta
- 2013, Amr Sohsah, Youm7, :
Declension
Declension of noun طُوب (ṭūb)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | طُوب ṭūb | الطُّوب aṭ-ṭūb | طُوب ṭūb |
Nominative | طُوبٌ ṭūbun | الطُّوبُ aṭ-ṭūbu | طُوبُ ṭūbu |
Accusative | طُوبًا ṭūban | الطُّوبَ aṭ-ṭūba | طُوبَ ṭūba |
Genitive | طُوبٍ ṭūbin | الطُّوبِ aṭ-ṭūbi | طُوبِ ṭūbi |
Synonyms
- آجُرّ (ʾājurr)
- لَبِن (labin)
- قِرْمِيد (qirmīd)
Derived terms
- طَوَّاب (ṭawwāb)
- طُوب أَحْمَر (ṭūb ʾaḥmar)
- طُوب مُفَرَّغ (ṭūb mufarraḡ)
- طُوب نَيّ (ṭūb nayy)
Descendants
- Spanish: adobe
- Aragonese: adoba
- Asturian: adobe
- Basque: adobe
- Dutch: adobe
- English: adobe
- Esperanto: adobo
- French: adobe
- Galician: adobe
- Irish: adóib
- Italian: adobe
- Norwegian: adobe
- Portuguese: adobe
- Serbo-Croatian: adobe, адобе
- Tagalog: adobe
- Catalan: tova
- Egyptian Arabic: طوب (ṭūb), طوبة (ṭūba)
- Juba Arabic: tub