أدب

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See also: ادب and أدت

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the root ء د ب (ʔ-d-b), from Persian دب (dab), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

أَدَب (ʔadabm (plural آدَاب (ʔādāb))

  1. discipline
  2. courtesy
  3. civility
  4. literature, belles-lettres
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :
      أَنَا الَّذِي نَظَرَ الْأَعْمَى إِلَى أَدَبِي / وَأَسْمَعَتْ كَلِمَاتِي مَنْ بِهِ صَمَمُ
      ʔanā allaḏī naẓara l-ʔaʕmā ʔilā ʔadabī / waʔasmaʕat kalimātī man bihi ṣamamu
      I am the one whose literature can be seen (even) by the blind / And whose words are heard (even) by the deaf.
  5. politeness
  6. decency
  7. culture
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Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba) II, non-past يُؤَدِّبُ‎ (yuʔaddibu)

  1. to educate
  2. to correct, discipline, chastise
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَدِبُّ (ʔadibbu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of دَبَّ (dabba)

Verb[edit]

أَدِبَّ (ʔadibba) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of دَبَّ (dabba)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of دَبَّ (dabba)

Verb[edit]

أَدِبِّ (ʔadibbi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of دَبَّ (dabba)