ابو شبت
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Egyptian Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Arabic word شَبَث (šabaṯ, “spider”) + أَبُو (ʔabū, “father of" or "possessor of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ابو شبت • (ʾabu šabat) m (no plural)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Spiro, Socrates (1895) “ابو شبت”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
- Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban