مرزاب

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مِيزَاب (mīzāb), مِزْرَاب (mizrāb)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מַרְזְבָא (marzəḇā), מִרְזְבָא (mirzəḇā, “gutter, spout, water-pipe”), from earlier Aramaic נַרְזְבָא (narzəḇā, “drain pipe, gutter”), considered a variant of Akkadian 𒄿𒍝𒁉 (naṣṣabū, “water outlet, drain”); cognate with native ن ض ب (n-ḍ-b) meaning “water disappeared or sank into the earth”, “to drain or dry up”.

Noun

مِرْزَاب • (mirzāb) m (plural مَرَازِيب (marāzīb))

1. gutter, downspout, gargoyle
2. long ship

Declension

Declension of noun مِرْزَاب (mirzāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْزَاب mirzāb	الْمِرْزَاب al-mirzāb	مِرْزَاب mirzāb
Nominative	مِرْزَابٌ mirzābun	الْمِرْزَابُ al-mirzābu	مِرْزَابُ mirzābu
Accusative	مِرْزَابًا mirzāban	الْمِرْزَابَ al-mirzāba	مِرْزَابَ mirzāba
Genitive	مِرْزَابٍ mirzābin	الْمِرْزَابِ al-mirzābi	مِرْزَابِ mirzābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْزَابَيْن mirzābayn	الْمِرْزَابَيْن al-mirzābayn	مِرْزَابَيْ mirzābay
Nominative	مِرْزَابَانِ mirzābāni	الْمِرْزَابَانِ al-mirzābāni	مِرْزَابَا mirzābā
Accusative	مِرْزَابَيْنِ mirzābayni	الْمِرْزَابَيْنِ al-mirzābayni	مِرْزَابَيْ mirzābay
Genitive	مِرْزَابَيْنِ mirzābayni	الْمِرْزَابَيْنِ al-mirzābayni	مِرْزَابَيْ mirzābay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَازِيب marāzīb	الْمَرَازِيب al-marāzīb	مَرَازِيب marāzīb
Nominative	مَرَازِيبُ marāzību	الْمَرَازِيبُ al-marāzību	مَرَازِيبُ marāzību
Accusative	مَرَازِيبَ marāzība	الْمَرَازِيبَ al-marāzība	مَرَازِيبَ marāzība
Genitive	مَرَازِيبَ marāzība	الْمَرَازِيبِ al-marāzībi	مَرَازِيبِ marāzībi

References

• “mrzb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 24–25
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “مرزاب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 144
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “مرزاب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 460
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• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مرزاب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 466
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مرزاب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1393