ض ب ب

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Probably all derived from the lizard-name, from the idea that the lizard cleaves to the ground, thus a stream that hangs in its bed, a lock latch, and a fog because it locks up sight.

Root

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ض ب ب (ḍ-b-b)

  1. related to cleaving to the ground

Derived terms

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References

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  • Diem, Werner (1973) “Untersuchungen zu Technik und Terminologie der arabisch-islamischen Türschlösser”, in Der Islam (in German), volume 50, number 1, →DOI, pages 136–138
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ض ب ب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 1
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “ض ب ب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 1–2
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ض ب ب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 2–3
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ض ب ب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1760–1763
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ض ب ب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 740
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ض ب ب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 624