ع ب ب
See also: غ ب ب and غ ث ث
Arabic
Etymology
The meaning of gulping or chugging may be just onomatopoeic, as an alternative form غَبَّ (ḡabba) suggests, however the root is aptly described as the Aramaic reflex of the Arabic root ض ب ب (ḍ-b-b) related to sticking, density, tumorosity, see Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʾāḇā, “thicket; spiny-tailed lizard”).
Derived terms
- Form I: عَبَّ (ʕabba, “to gulp down, to chug”)
- Form V: تَعَبَّبَ (taʕabbaba, “to drink عَبِيبَة (ʕabība)”)
- Verbal noun: تَعَبُّب (taʕabbub)
- Active participle: مُتَعَبِّب (mutaʕabbib)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “ع ب ب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 95
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “ع ب ب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1931–1933
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ع ب ب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 684
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