دنب
Arabic
Adjective
دِنَّب • (dinnab) (feminine دِنَّبَة (dinnaba) or دِنَابَة (dināba))
- short, small, dwarf
Declension
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | دِنَّب dinnab |
الدِّنَّب ad-dinnab |
دِنَّبَة dinnaba |
الدِّنَّبَة ad-dinnaba |
| Nominative | دِنَّبٌ dinnabun |
الدِّنَّبُ ad-dinnabu |
دِنَّبَةٌ dinnabatun |
الدِّنَّبَةُ ad-dinnabatu |
| Accusative | دِنَّبًا dinnaban |
الدِّنَّبَ ad-dinnaba |
دِنَّبَةً dinnabatan |
الدِّنَّبَةَ ad-dinnabata |
| Genitive | دِنَّبٍ dinnabin |
الدِّنَّبِ ad-dinnabi |
دِنَّبَةٍ dinnabatin |
الدِّنَّبَةِ ad-dinnabati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | دِنَّبَيْن dinnabayn |
الدِّنَّبَيْن ad-dinnabayn |
دِنَّبَتَيْن dinnabatayn |
الدِّنَّبَتَيْن ad-dinnabatayn |
| Nominative | دِنَّبَانِ dinnabāni |
الدِّنَّبَانِ ad-dinnabāni |
دِنَّبَتَانِ dinnabatāni |
الدِّنَّبَتَانِ ad-dinnabatāni |
| Accusative | دِنَّبَيْنِ dinnabayni |
الدِّنَّبَيْنِ ad-dinnabayni |
دِنَّبَتَيْنِ dinnabatayni |
الدِّنَّبَتَيْنِ ad-dinnabatayni |
| Genitive | دِنَّبَيْنِ dinnabayni |
الدِّنَّبَيْنِ ad-dinnabayni |
دِنَّبَتَيْنِ dinnabatayni |
الدِّنَّبَتَيْنِ ad-dinnabatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| plural unknown | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | ? ? |
? ? |
دِنَّبَات dinnabāt |
الدِّنَّبَات ad-dinnabāt |
| Nominative | ? ? |
? ? |
دِنَّبَاتٌ dinnabātun |
الدِّنَّبَاتُ ad-dinnabātu |
| Accusative | ? ? |
? ? |
دِنَّبَاتٍ dinnabātin |
الدِّنَّبَاتِ ad-dinnabāti |
| Genitive | ? ? |
? ? |
دِنَّبَاتٍ dinnabātin |
الدِّنَّبَاتِ ad-dinnabāti |
Moroccan Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| د ن ب |
| 1 term |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /danb/
Noun
دنب • (danb) m (plural دنوب (dnūb))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dnab/
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian dwm(b') (/dum(b)/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (“penis, tail, rod”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀 (duma, “penis”), Kurdish, Northern Kurdish dûv (“tail”), Baluchi دمب (domb), Sarikoli [script needed] (δüm), Wakhi [script needed] (dümbá), Pashto لم (lëm, “tail of sheep”), Ossetian дымӕг (dymæg), Sogdian dwnp'k (δum/nb/pe), Sanskrit दुम्बक (dumbaka, “the thick-tailed sheep”).
Akin to Old Armenian դմակ (dmak, “fat tail of sheep”), Georgian დუმაკი (dumaḳi), დუმა (duma), Iranian borrowings. Perhaps also cognate with Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top, summit”) (whence English top), as well as German Zumpf (“penis”).
For the sense development compare Old Armenian ձետ (jet).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [dunβ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ʊmb]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ʊmb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪umb̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪omb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪umb]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dunb |
| Dari reading? | dunb |
| Iranian reading? | donb |
| Tajik reading? | dunb |
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dwm(b')”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 28
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 479
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dumb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 227
- Nourai, Ali (2011) “دم”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 112
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 128
- Gharib, B. (1995) “dwnp'k”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 146
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 144