دابة

Arabic

Root
د ب ب (d-b-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of دَبَّ (dabba, “to crawl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːb.ba/

Noun

دَابَّة • (dābba) f (plural دَوَابّ (dawābb))

1. (broad sense) any animal, usually a quadruped
2. (narrow sense) a mount or beast of burden, especially a horse, mule, or ass

Declension

Declension of noun دَابَّة (dābba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَابَّة dābba	الدَّابَّة ad-dābba	دَابَّة dābbat
Nominative	دَابَّةٌ dābbatun	الدَّابَّةُ ad-dābbatu	دَابَّةُ dābbatu
Accusative	دَابَّةً dābbatan	الدَّابَّةَ ad-dābbata	دَابَّةَ dābbata
Genitive	دَابَّةٍ dābbatin	الدَّابَّةِ ad-dābbati	دَابَّةِ dābbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَابَّتَيْن dābbatayn	الدَّابَّتَيْن ad-dābbatayn	دَابَّتَيْ dābbatay
Nominative	دَابَّتَانِ dābbatāni	الدَّابَّتَانِ ad-dābbatāni	دَابَّتَا dābbatā
Accusative	دَابَّتَيْنِ dābbatayni	الدَّابَّتَيْنِ ad-dābbatayni	دَابَّتَيْ dābbatay
Genitive	دَابَّتَيْنِ dābbatayni	الدَّابَّتَيْنِ ad-dābbatayni	دَابَّتَيْ dābbatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَابّ dawābb	الدَّوَابّ ad-dawābb	دَوَابّ dawābb
Nominative	دَوَابُّ dawābbu	الدَّوَابُّ ad-dawābbu	دَوَابُّ dawābbu
Accusative	دَوَابَّ dawābba	الدَّوَابَّ ad-dawābba	دَوَابَّ dawābba
Genitive	دَوَابَّ dawābba	الدَّوَابِّ ad-dawābbi	دَوَابِّ dawābbi

Descendants

• Maltese: debba
• → Kanuri: dábbà (“animal”)
  • → Hausa: dabbā̀
• → Malay: dabat
• → Ottoman Turkish: دابه (dabbe)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دابة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen