إبان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ء ب ن (ʔ-b-n).

Noun

إِبَّان • (ʔibbān) m

1. time, period

Declension

Declension of noun إِبَّان (ʔibbān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبَّان ʔibbān	الْإِبَّان al-ʔibbān	إِبَّان ʔibbān
Nominative	إِبَّانٌ ʔibbānun	الْإِبَّانُ al-ʔibbānu	إِبَّانُ ʔibbānu
Accusative	إِبَّانًا ʔibbānan	الْإِبَّانَ al-ʔibbāna	إِبَّانَ ʔibbāna
Genitive	إِبَّانٍ ʔibbānin	الْإِبَّانِ al-ʔibbāni	إِبَّانِ ʔibbāni

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of إِبَّان (ʔibbān, “time”).

Preposition

إِبَّانَ • (ʔibbāna)

1. (formal) in the time of, during
   • 2017 October 15, “الكشف عن دور المخابرات الفرنسية في عملية اغتيال القذافي”, in LibyaAkhbar.com‎^[1]:

     .أوفد من قبل شبكة (روسيا اليوم) الإخبارية إلى العاصمة الليبية طرابلس إبان الأحداث التي شهدتها ليبيا سنة 2011

     He was sent by the news network “Russia Today” to the the Libyan capital Ṭarābulus during the occurrences which Libya witnessed in the year 2011.

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					إِبَّانَ (ʔibbāna)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	إِبَّانِي (ʔibbānī)		إِبَّانَنَا (ʔibbānanā)
Second person	إِبَّانَكَ (ʔibbānaka)	إِبَّانَكِ (ʔibbānaki)	إِبَّانَكُمَا (ʔibbānakumā)	إِبَّانَكُمْ (ʔibbānakum)	إِبَّانَكُنَّ (ʔibbānakunna)
Third person	إِبَّانَهُ (ʔibbānahu)	إِبَّانَهَا (ʔibbānahā)	إِبَّانَهُمَا (ʔibbānahumā)	إِبَّانَهُمْ (ʔibbānahum)	إِبَّانَهُنَّ (ʔibbānahunna)