لولب
Arabic
Etymology
Derived from Persian لوله (lule, “thing that spins, twists, or rolls; barrel, cylinder; tubing, pipe”) + آب (âb, “water”).
Noun
لَوْلَب • (lawlab) m (plural لَوَالِب (lawālib))
- the simple machine called screw
- spiral, helix
- spiral spring, spring
- spiral staircase
- (figuratively) pivot point
- tube, canal
- tube of an alembic
Declension
Declension of noun لَوْلَب (lawlab)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لَوْلَب lawlab | اللَّوْلَب al-lawlab | لَوْلَب lawlab |
Nominative | لَوْلَبٌ lawlabun | اللَّوْلَبُ al-lawlabu | لَوْلَبُ lawlabu |
Accusative | لَوْلَبًا lawlaban | اللَّوْلَبَ al-lawlaba | لَوْلَبَ lawlaba |
Genitive | لَوْلَبٍ lawlabin | اللَّوْلَبِ al-lawlabi | لَوْلَبِ lawlabi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | لَوْلَبَيْن lawlabayn | اللَّوْلَبَيْن al-lawlabayn | لَوْلَبَيْ lawlabay |
Nominative | لَوْلَبَانِ lawlabāni | اللَّوْلَبَانِ al-lawlabāni | لَوْلَبَا lawlabā |
Accusative | لَوْلَبَيْنِ lawlabayni | اللَّوْلَبَيْنِ al-lawlabayni | لَوْلَبَيْ lawlabay |
Genitive | لَوْلَبَيْنِ lawlabayni | اللَّوْلَبَيْنِ al-lawlabayni | لَوْلَبَيْ lawlabay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لَوَالِب lawālib | اللَّوَالِب al-lawālib | لَوَالِب lawālib |
Nominative | لَوَالِبُ lawālibu | اللَّوَالِبُ al-lawālibu | لَوَالِبُ lawālibu |
Accusative | لَوَالِبَ lawāliba | اللَّوَالِبَ al-lawāliba | لَوَالِبَ lawāliba |
Genitive | لَوَالِبَ lawāliba | اللَّوَالِبِ al-lawālibi | لَوَالِبِ lawālibi |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “لولب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 137
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لولب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 932
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “لولب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1037