لولب

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from Persian لوله (lule, “thing that spins, twists, or rolls; barrel, cylinder; tubing, pipe”) + آب (âb, “water”).

Noun

لَوْلَب • (lawlab) m (plural لَوَالِب (lawālib))

  1. the simple machine called screw
  2. spiral, helix
  3. spiral spring, spring
  4. spiral staircase
  5. (figurative) pivot point
  6. tube, canal
  7. tube of an alembic

Declension
Declension of noun لَوْلَب (lawlab)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَوْلَب
lawlab		 اللَّوْلَب
al-lawlab		 لَوْلَب
lawlab
Nominative لَوْلَبٌ
lawlabun		 اللَّوْلَبُ
al-lawlabu		 لَوْلَبُ
lawlabu
Accusative لَوْلَبًا
lawlaban		 اللَّوْلَبَ
al-lawlaba		 لَوْلَبَ
lawlaba
Genitive لَوْلَبٍ
lawlabin		 اللَّوْلَبِ
al-lawlabi		 لَوْلَبِ
lawlabi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَوْلَبَيْن
lawlabayn		 اللَّوْلَبَيْن
al-lawlabayn		 لَوْلَبَيْ
lawlabay
Nominative لَوْلَبَانِ
lawlabāni		 اللَّوْلَبَانِ
al-lawlabāni		 لَوْلَبَا
lawlabā
Accusative لَوْلَبَيْنِ
lawlabayni		 اللَّوْلَبَيْنِ
al-lawlabayni		 لَوْلَبَيْ
lawlabay
Genitive لَوْلَبَيْنِ
lawlabayni		 اللَّوْلَبَيْنِ
al-lawlabayni		 لَوْلَبَيْ
lawlabay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَوَالِب
lawālib		 اللَّوَالِب
al-lawālib		 لَوَالِب
lawālib
Nominative لَوَالِبُ
lawālibu		 اللَّوَالِبُ
al-lawālibu		 لَوَالِبُ
lawālibu
Accusative لَوَالِبَ
lawāliba		 اللَّوَالِبَ
al-lawāliba		 لَوَالِبَ
lawāliba
Genitive لَوَالِبَ
lawāliba		 اللَّوَالِبِ
al-lawālibi		 لَوَالِبِ
lawālibi

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لولب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 137
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لولب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 932
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لولب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1037
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