عباءة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• عَبَاء (ʕabāʔ)

Etymology

From the root ع ب ء (ʕ-b-ʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.baː.ʔa/

Noun

عَبَاءَة • (ʕabāʔa) f (plural عَبَاءَات (ʕabāʔāt))

1. cloak, frock

Declension

Declension of noun عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَبَاءَة ʕabāʔa	الْعَبَاءَة al-ʕabāʔa	عَبَاءَة ʕabāʔat
Nominative	عَبَاءَةٌ ʕabāʔatun	الْعَبَاءَةُ al-ʕabāʔatu	عَبَاءَةُ ʕabāʔatu
Accusative	عَبَاءَةً ʕabāʔatan	الْعَبَاءَةَ al-ʕabāʔata	عَبَاءَةَ ʕabāʔata
Genitive	عَبَاءَةٍ ʕabāʔatin	الْعَبَاءَةِ al-ʕabāʔati	عَبَاءَةِ ʕabāʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَبَاءَتَيْن ʕabāʔatayn	الْعَبَاءَتَيْن al-ʕabāʔatayn	عَبَاءَتَيْ ʕabāʔatay
Nominative	عَبَاءَتَانِ ʕabāʔatāni	الْعَبَاءَتَانِ al-ʕabāʔatāni	عَبَاءَتَا ʕabāʔatā
Accusative	عَبَاءَتَيْنِ ʕabāʔatayni	الْعَبَاءَتَيْنِ al-ʕabāʔatayni	عَبَاءَتَيْ ʕabāʔatay
Genitive	عَبَاءَتَيْنِ ʕabāʔatayni	الْعَبَاءَتَيْنِ al-ʕabāʔatayni	عَبَاءَتَيْ ʕabāʔatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَبَاءَات ʕabāʔāt	الْعَبَاءَات al-ʕabāʔāt	عَبَاءَات ʕabāʔāt
Nominative	عَبَاءَاتٌ ʕabāʔātun	الْعَبَاءَاتُ al-ʕabāʔātu	عَبَاءَاتُ ʕabāʔātu
Accusative	عَبَاءَاتٍ ʕabāʔātin	الْعَبَاءَاتِ al-ʕabāʔāti	عَبَاءَاتِ ʕabāʔāti
Genitive	عَبَاءَاتٍ ʕabāʔātin	الْعَبَاءَاتِ al-ʕabāʔāti	عَبَاءَاتِ ʕabāʔāti

Descendants

• → English: aba, abba, abaya
• → French: abaya
• → Ottoman Turkish: عبا (aba)
  • Turkish: aba
  • → Armenian: աբա (aba)
  • → Bulgarian: аба́ (abá), хаба́ (habá)
  • → Hungarian: aba
  • → Romanian: abá, habá
  • → Russian: аба́ (abá), габа́ (gabá)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: а̀ба
  • → Ukrainian: габа́ (habá)
    • → Polish: aba, abaja
    • → Czech: háby (“old clothes”)
• → Persian: عبا ('abâ)
• → Spanish: abaya

References

• Anikin, A. E. (2007–2022) “аба”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, page 61