أدب

See also: ادب and أدت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء د ب (ʔ-d-b)

From Persian دب (dab), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.dab/

Noun

أَدَب • (ʔadab) m (plural آدَاب (ʔādāb))

  1. discipline
  2. courtesy
  3. civility
  4. literature, belles-lettres
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :
      أَنَا الَّذِي نَظَرَ الْأَعْمَى إِلَى أَدَبِي / وَأَسْمَعَتْ كَلِمَاتِي مَنْ بِهِ صَمَمُ
      ʔanā allaḏī naẓara l-ʔaʕmā ʔilā ʔadabī / waʔasmaʕat kalimātī man bihi ṣamamu
      I am the one whose literature can be seen (even) by the blind / And whose words are heard (even) by the deaf.
  5. politeness
  6. decency
  7. culture
Declension
Descendants

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔad.da.ba/

Verb

أَدَّبَ • (ʔaddaba) II, non-past يُؤَدِّبُ‎ (yuʔaddibu)

  1. to educate
  2. to correct, discipline, chastise
Conjugation

Verb

أَدِبُّ • (ʔadibbu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of دَبَّ (dabba)

Verb

أَدِبَّ • (ʔadibba) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of دَبَّ (dabba)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of دَبَّ (dabba)

Verb

أَدِبِّ • (ʔadibbi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of دَبَّ (dabba)
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