ذئب

See also: ذيب, ديب, دیپ, and دیت

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðiʔb/

Noun

ذِئْب • (ḏiʔb) m (plural ذِئَاب (ḏiʔāb) or ذُؤْبَان (ḏuʔbān))

Declension

Declension of noun ذِئْب (ḏiʔb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْب ḏiʔb	الذِّئْب aḏ-ḏiʔb	ذِئْب ḏiʔb
Nominative	ذِئْبٌ ḏiʔbun	الذِّئْبُ aḏ-ḏiʔbu	ذِئْبُ ḏiʔbu
Accusative	ذِئْبًا ḏiʔban	الذِّئْبَ aḏ-ḏiʔba	ذِئْبَ ḏiʔba
Genitive	ذِئْبٍ ḏiʔbin	الذِّئْبِ aḏ-ḏiʔbi	ذِئْبِ ḏiʔbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْبَيْن ḏiʔbayn	الذِّئْبَيْن aḏ-ḏiʔbayn	ذِئْبَيْ ḏiʔbay
Nominative	ذِئْبَانِ ḏiʔbāni	الذِّئْبَانِ aḏ-ḏiʔbāni	ذِئْبَا ḏiʔbā
Accusative	ذِئْبَيْنِ ḏiʔbayni	الذِّئْبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbayni	ذِئْبَيْ ḏiʔbay
Genitive	ذِئْبَيْنِ ḏiʔbayni	الذِّئْبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbayni	ذِئْبَيْ ḏiʔbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئَاب‎; ذُؤْبَان ḏiʔāb‎; ḏuʔbān	الذِّئَاب‎; الذُّؤْبَان aḏ-ḏiʔāb‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbān	ذِئَاب‎; ذُؤْبَان ḏiʔāb‎; ḏuʔbān
Nominative	ذِئَابٌ‎; ذُؤْبَانٌ ḏiʔābun‎; ḏuʔbānun	الذِّئَابُ‎; الذُّؤْبَانُ aḏ-ḏiʔābu‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbānu	ذِئَابُ‎; ذُؤْبَانُ ḏiʔābu‎; ḏuʔbānu
Accusative	ذِئَابًا‎; ذُؤْبَانًا ḏiʔāban‎; ḏuʔbānan	الذِّئَابَ‎; الذُّؤْبَانَ aḏ-ḏiʔāba‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbāna	ذِئَابَ‎; ذُؤْبَانَ ḏiʔāba‎; ḏuʔbāna
Genitive	ذِئَابٍ‎; ذُؤْبَانٍ ḏiʔābin‎; ḏuʔbānin	الذِّئَابِ‎; الذُّؤْبَانِ aḏ-ḏiʔābi‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbāni	ذِئَابِ‎; ذُؤْبَانِ ḏiʔābi‎; ḏuʔbāni

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: ديب (dīb)
Gulf Arabic: ذِيب (ḏīb)
Hijazi Arabic: ذِيب (dīb, ḏīb)
Maltese: dib
Moroccan Arabic: ديب (dīb)
→ Malay: zib / ذيب
→ Catalan: dip
→ Old Spanish: adive
- Spanish: adive
  - → French: adive
  - → English: adive
→ English: dieb

References

Defrémery, Charles (1862) Journal asiatique, number 1, page 87
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe‎^[1] (in French), 2^nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذئب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78