إربيان

Arabic

Alternative forms

• رُوبِيَان (rūbiyān), رُوبْيَان (rūbyān), رُبْيَان (rubyān)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Semitic *ʾirbay- (“locust”), compare especially Eblaite 𒅕𒉈𒈝 (ir-bí-núm /⁠ʾerbênum⁠/) also giving evidence of an original *-ān component not found in other Semitic attestations.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔir.bi.jaːn/

Noun

إِرْبِيَان • (ʔirbiyān) m

1. caridean, shrimp

Declension

Declension of noun إِرْبِيَان (ʔirbiyān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِرْبِيَان ʔirbiyān	الْإِرْبِيَان al-ʔirbiyān	إِرْبِيَان ʔirbiyān
Nominative	إِرْبِيَانٌ ʔirbiyānun	الْإِرْبِيَانُ al-ʔirbiyānu	إِرْبِيَانُ ʔirbiyānu
Accusative	إِرْبِيَانًا ʔirbiyānan	الْإِرْبِيَانَ al-ʔirbiyāna	إِرْبِيَانَ ʔirbiyāna
Genitive	إِرْبِيَانٍ ʔirbiyānin	الْإِرْبِيَانِ al-ʔirbiyāni	إِرْبِيَانِ ʔirbiyāni

References

• “Is it permissible to consume Shrimp according to the Hanafi Madhab?”, in Darul Iftaa Trinidad‎^[1], 2018 February 1, archived from the original on 6 May 2020
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “إِرْبِيَان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 17a
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “رُوبِيان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 564b
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “إربيان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[4] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 24b
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “إربيان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1024c
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1930) “إربيان”, in Jörg Kraemer, editor, Belegwörterbuch zur klassischen arabischen Sprache, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, published 1952–1953, Fascicles 1 and 2 (Only Alif), page 17