ذئبة

Arabic

Etymology

ذِئْب (ḏiʔb) + ـَة (-a)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðiʔ.ba/

Noun

ذِئْبَة • (ḏiʔba) f (plural ذِئْبَات (ḏiʔbāt))

  1. she-wolf
  2. (obsolete) the disease vives
  3. the disease lupus

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Spanish: adivas, abivas, adinas

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe (in French), 2nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذئبة”, 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 78
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