مرزاب
Arabic
Alternative forms
- مِيزَاب (mīzāb), مِزْرَاب (mizrāb)
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic מַרְזְבָא (marzəḇā), מִרְזְבָא (mirzəḇā, “gutter, spout, water-pipe”), from earlier Aramaic נַרְזְבָא (narzəḇā, “drain pipe, gutter”), considered a variant of Akkadian 𒄿𒍝𒁉 (naṣṣabū, “water outlet, drain”); cognate with native ن ض ب (n-ḍ-b) meaning “water disappeared or sank into the earth”, “to drain or dry up”.
Noun
مِرْزَاب • (mirzāb) m (plural مَرَازِيب (marāzīb))
- gutter, downspout, gargoyle
- long ship
Declension
Declension of noun مِرْزَاب (mirzāb)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مِرْزَاب mirzāb | الْمِرْزَاب al-mirzāb | مِرْزَاب mirzāb |
| Nominative | مِرْزَابٌ mirzābun | الْمِرْزَابُ al-mirzābu | مِرْزَابُ mirzābu |
| Accusative | مِرْزَابًا mirzāban | الْمِرْزَابَ al-mirzāba | مِرْزَابَ mirzāba |
| Genitive | مِرْزَابٍ mirzābin | الْمِرْزَابِ al-mirzābi | مِرْزَابِ mirzābi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مِرْزَابَيْن mirzābayn | الْمِرْزَابَيْن al-mirzābayn | مِرْزَابَيْ mirzābay |
| Nominative | مِرْزَابَانِ mirzābāni | الْمِرْزَابَانِ al-mirzābāni | مِرْزَابَا mirzābā |
| Accusative | مِرْزَابَيْنِ mirzābayni | الْمِرْزَابَيْنِ al-mirzābayni | مِرْزَابَيْ mirzābay |
| Genitive | مِرْزَابَيْنِ mirzābayni | الْمِرْزَابَيْنِ al-mirzābayni | مِرْزَابَيْ mirzābay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَرَازِيب marāzīb | الْمَرَازِيب al-marāzīb | مَرَازِيب marāzīb |
| Nominative | مَرَازِيبُ marāzību | الْمَرَازِيبُ al-marāzību | مَرَازِيبُ marāzību |
| Accusative | مَرَازِيبَ marāzība | الْمَرَازِيبَ al-marāzība | مَرَازِيبَ marāzība |
| Genitive | مَرَازِيبَ marāzība | الْمَرَازِيبِ al-marāzībi | مَرَازِيبِ marāzībi |
References
- “mrzb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 24–25
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “مرزاب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 144
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “مرزاب”, 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 460
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “مرزاب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1075
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “مرزاب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2938
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “مرزاب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 466
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