عبعب

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ب ع ب (ʕ-b-ʕ-b) related to abundance and thickness, to be profuse or swelling, to pour forth, to gush, to gulp or guzzle, to pour uninterruptedly, to flow on swiftly, to continue moving away; likely ultimately onomatopoeic in origin from the murmuring or bubbling sound of gushing water.

Verb

عَبْعَبَ (ʕabʕaba) Iq, non-past يُعَبْعِبُ‎ (yuʕabʕibu)

  1. to flee
Conjugation

Noun

عَبْعَب (ʕabʕabm (plural عَبَاعِب (ʕabāʕib))

  1. ample vestment, supple tegument
Declension

Etymology 2

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Likely a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܥ̈ܒܐ (ʾāḇā, forest, thickets), a specification from the same root as above, thick growth or high density of plants.

Noun

عُبْعُب (ʕubʕubm

  1. Withania(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.) gen. et spp.
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “عبعب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 100