عبعب

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the root ع ب ع ب (ʕ-b-ʕ-b) related to abundance and thickness, to be profuse or swelling, to pour forth, to gush, to gulp or guzzle, to pour uninterruptedly, to flow on swiftly, to continue moving away; likely ultimately onomatopoeic in origin from the murmuring or bubbling sound of gushing water.

Verb[edit]

عَبْعَبَ (ʕabʕaba) Iq, non-past يُعَبْعِبُ‎ (yuʕabʕibu)

  1. to flee
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

عَبْعَب (ʕabʕabm (plural عَبَاعِب (ʕabāʕib))

  1. ample vestment, supple tegument
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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Likely a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʿāḇā, forest, thickets), a specification from the same root as above, thick growth or high density of plants; however the whole root may also be short of a basic meaning of gulping borrowed from Aramaic, as its cognate reflex of ض ب ب (ḍ-b-b) related to sticking, density, tumorosity. Native Arabic غَبَب (ḡabab) and غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab) are also duplicated like عُبَب (ʕubab) and عُبْعُب (ʕubʕub).

Noun[edit]

عُبْعُب (ʕubʕubm

  1. Withania gen. et spp.
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “عبعب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 100