Arabic

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ضَبُع
 ضبع on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʕ-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צָבוֹעַ (ṣɔḇóaʿ).

Noun

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ضَبُع or ضَبْع (ḍabuʕ or ḍabʕm (plural ضِبَاع (ḍibāʕ) or أَضْبُع (ʔaḍbuʕ))

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Declension

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Descendants

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  • Hijazi Arabic: ضبع (ḍabʕ)
  • Moroccan Arabic: ضبع (ḍbaʕ)

References

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  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ضبع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 742

Hijazi Arabic

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ضَبْع

Etymology

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From Arabic ضَبْع (ḍabʕ), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʿ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ضبع (ḍabʕm (plural ضِباع (ḍibāʕ))

  1. hyena
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