دباء

Arabic

دُبَّاء

Etymology

From دَبَّ (dabba, “to crawl”).

Root
د ب ب (d-b-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dub.baːʔ/

Noun

دُبَّاء • (dubbāʔ) m (collective, singulative دُبَّاءَة f (dubbāʔa))

1. gourd, particularly the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

Declension

Declension of noun دُبَّاء (dubbāʔ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُبَّاء dubbāʔ	الدُّبَّاء ad-dubbāʔ	دُبَّاء dubbāʔ
Nominative	دُبَّاءٌ dubbāʔun	الدُّبَّاءُ ad-dubbāʔu	دُبَّاءُ dubbāʔu
Accusative	دُبَّاءً dubbāʔan	الدُّبَّاءَ ad-dubbāʔa	دُبَّاءَ dubbāʔa
Genitive	دُبَّاءٍ dubbāʔin	الدُّبَّاءِ ad-dubbāʔi	دُبَّاءِ dubbāʔi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُبَّاءَة dubbāʔa	الدُّبَّاءَة ad-dubbāʔa	دُبَّاءَة dubbāʔat
Nominative	دُبَّاءَةٌ dubbāʔatun	الدُّبَّاءَةُ ad-dubbāʔatu	دُبَّاءَةُ dubbāʔatu
Accusative	دُبَّاءَةً dubbāʔatan	الدُّبَّاءَةَ ad-dubbāʔata	دُبَّاءَةَ dubbāʔata
Genitive	دُبَّاءَةٍ dubbāʔatin	الدُّبَّاءَةِ ad-dubbāʔati	دُبَّاءَةِ dubbāʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُبَّاءَتَيْن dubbāʔatayn	الدُّبَّاءَتَيْن ad-dubbāʔatayn	دُبَّاءَتَيْ dubbāʔatay
Nominative	دُبَّاءَتَانِ dubbāʔatāni	الدُّبَّاءَتَانِ ad-dubbāʔatāni	دُبَّاءَتَا dubbāʔatā
Accusative	دُبَّاءَتَيْنِ dubbāʔatayni	الدُّبَّاءَتَيْنِ ad-dubbāʔatayni	دُبَّاءَتَيْ dubbāʔatay
Genitive	دُبَّاءَتَيْنِ dubbāʔatayni	الدُّبَّاءَتَيْنِ ad-dubbāʔatayni	دُبَّاءَتَيْ dubbāʔatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُبَّاءَات dubbāʔāt	الدُّبَّاءَات ad-dubbāʔāt	دُبَّاءَات dubbāʔāt
Nominative	دُبَّاءَاتٌ dubbāʔātun	الدُّبَّاءَاتُ ad-dubbāʔātu	دُبَّاءَاتُ dubbāʔātu
Accusative	دُبَّاءَاتٍ dubbāʔātin	الدُّبَّاءَاتِ ad-dubbāʔāti	دُبَّاءَاتِ dubbāʔāti
Genitive	دُبَّاءَاتٍ dubbāʔātin	الدُّبَّاءَاتِ ad-dubbāʔāti	دُبَّاءَاتِ dubbāʔāti

Descendants

• → Amharic: ዱባ (dubba)
• → Harari: ዱባ (dubba)
• → Oromo: dubbaa, dabaaqula
• → Tigrinya: ዱባ (dubba)

Further reading

• دباء on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar