بالضبط

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

بِـ (bi-, in, with) +‎ ال (al-, definite article) +‎ ضَبْط (ḍabṭ, accuracy, exactness).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bi‿dˤ.dˤab.tˤi/

Adverb[edit]

بِالضَّبْطِ (bi-ḍ-ḍabṭi)

  1. exactly, precisely
    هَذَا مَا أَقْصِدُهُ بِالضَّبْطِ
    haḏā mā ʔaqṣiduhu bi-ḍ-ḍabṭi
    This is exactly what I mean.

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Arabic بِالضَّبْطِ (bi-ḍ-ḍabṭi), corresponding to بـ (b-, by) + الضَّبْطِ (iẓ-ẓabṭ, the exactness).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bizˤ.zˤabtˤ/, [bɪzˤˈzˤɑbtˤ]
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

بالضبط (biẓ-ẓabṭ)

  1. exactly, precisely