عرب
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ر ب (ʕ-r-b).
Verb
عَرَّبَ • (ʕarraba) II, non-past يُعَرِّبُ (yuʕarribu)
- to translate into Arabic
- to Arabicize, Arabize; to give an Arabic form
- to express, to state clearly, to declare
- to give earnest money
Conjugation
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
taʕrīb | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
muʕarrib | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
muʕarrab | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʕarrabtu |
ʕarrabta |
عَرَّبَ ʕarraba |
ʕarrabtumā |
ʕarrabā |
ʕarrabnā |
ʕarrabtum |
ʕarrabū | |||
f | ʕarrabti |
ʕarrabat |
ʕarrabatā |
ʕarrabtunna |
ʕarrabna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʕarribu |
tuʕarribu |
yuʕarribu |
tuʕarribāni |
yuʕarribāni |
nuʕarribu |
tuʕarribūna |
yuʕarribūna | |||
f | tuʕarribīna |
tuʕarribu |
tuʕarribāni |
tuʕarribna |
yuʕarribna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʕarriba |
tuʕarriba |
yuʕarriba |
tuʕarribā |
yuʕarribā |
nuʕarriba |
tuʕarribū |
yuʕarribū | |||
f | tuʕarribī |
tuʕarriba |
tuʕarribā |
tuʕarribna |
yuʕarribna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʕarrib |
tuʕarrib |
yuʕarrib |
tuʕarribā |
yuʕarribā |
nuʕarrib |
tuʕarribū |
yuʕarribū | |||
f | tuʕarribī |
tuʕarrib |
tuʕarribā |
tuʕarribna |
yuʕarribna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | عَرِّبْ ʕarrib |
ʕarribā |
ʕarribū |
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f | ʕarribī |
ʕarribna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʕurribtu |
ʕurribta |
عُرِّبَ ʕurriba |
ʕurribtumā |
ʕurribā |
ʕurribnā |
ʕurribtum |
ʕurribū | |||
f | ʕurribti |
ʕurribat |
ʕurribatā |
ʕurribtunna |
ʕurribna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʕarrabu |
tuʕarrabu |
yuʕarrabu |
tuʕarrabāni |
yuʕarrabāni |
nuʕarrabu |
tuʕarrabūna |
yuʕarrabūna | |||
f | tuʕarrabīna |
tuʕarrabu |
tuʕarrabāni |
tuʕarrabna |
yuʕarrabna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʕarraba |
tuʕarraba |
yuʕarraba |
tuʕarrabā |
yuʕarrabā |
nuʕarraba |
tuʕarrabū |
yuʕarrabū | |||
f | tuʕarrabī |
tuʕarraba |
tuʕarrabā |
tuʕarrabna |
yuʕarrabna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʕarrab |
tuʕarrab |
yuʕarrab |
tuʕarrabā |
yuʕarrabā |
nuʕarrab |
tuʕarrabū |
yuʕarrabū | |||
f | tuʕarrabī |
tuʕarrab |
tuʕarrabā |
tuʕarrabna |
yuʕarrabna |
Noun
عَرَب • (ʕarab) f or m pl (collective, singulative عَرَبِيّ m (ʕarabiyy), plural عُرُوب (ʕurūb) or أَعْرُب (ʔaʕrub) or عُرْبَان (ʕurbān), paucal عَرَب (ʕarab))
Usage notes
According to Lane's Arabic Lexicon (entry عرب, book I, p. 2045), عَرَب (ʕarab) is of the feminine gender. Modern usage appears to allow both feminine and masculine plural, e.g. the Wikipedia entry has الْعَرَب الْبَاقِيَة الَّذِين (al-ʿarab al-bāqiya allaḏīn ..., “the remaining Arabs who ...”) with بَاقِيَة (bāqiya, “remaining”) feminine singular but الَّذِين (allaḏīn, “who”) masculine plural.
Declension
Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَرَب ʕarab |
الْعَرَب al-ʕarab |
عَرَب ʕarab |
Nominative | عَرَبٌ ʕarabun |
الْعَرَبُ al-ʕarabu |
عَرَبُ ʕarabu |
Accusative | عَرَبًا ʕaraban |
الْعَرَبَ al-ʕaraba |
عَرَبَ ʕaraba |
Genitive | عَرَبٍ ʕarabin |
الْعَرَبِ al-ʕarabi |
عَرَبِ ʕarabi |
Singulative | basic singulative triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَرَبِي ʕarabī |
الْعَرَبِي al-ʕarabī |
عَرَبِي ʕarabī |
Nominative | عَرَبِيٌّ ʕarabiyyun |
الْعَرَبِيُّ al-ʕarabiyyu |
عَرَبِيُّ ʕarabiyyu |
Accusative | عَرَبِيًّا ʕarabiyyan |
الْعَرَبِيَّ al-ʕarabiyya |
عَرَبِيَّ ʕarabiyya |
Genitive | عَرَبِيٍّ ʕarabiyyin |
الْعَرَبِيِّ al-ʕarabiyyi |
عَرَبِيِّ ʕarabiyyi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | عَرَبِيَّيْن ʕarabiyyayn |
الْعَرَبِيَّيْن al-ʕarabiyyayn |
عَرَبِيَّيْ ʕarabiyyay |
Nominative | عَرَبِيَّانِ ʕarabiyyāni |
الْعَرَبِيَّانِ al-ʕarabiyyāni |
عَرَبِيَّا ʕarabiyyā |
Accusative | عَرَبِيَّيْنِ ʕarabiyyayni |
الْعَرَبِيَّيْنِ al-ʕarabiyyayni |
عَرَبِيَّيْ ʕarabiyyay |
Genitive | عَرَبِيَّيْنِ ʕarabiyyayni |
الْعَرَبِيَّيْنِ al-ʕarabiyyayni |
عَرَبِيَّيْ ʕarabiyyay |
Paucal (3-10) | sound masculine paucal | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَرَبِيِّين ʕarabiyyīn |
الْعَرَبِيِّين al-ʕarabiyyīn |
عَرَبِيِّي ʕarabiyyī |
Nominative | عَرَبِيُّونَ ʕarabiyyūna |
الْعَرَبِيُّونَ al-ʕarabiyyūna |
عَرَبِيُّو ʕarabiyyū |
Accusative | عَرَبِيِّينَ ʕarabiyyīna |
الْعَرَبِيِّينَ al-ʕarabiyyīna |
عَرَبِيِّي ʕarabiyyī |
Genitive | عَرَبِيِّينَ ʕarabiyyīna |
الْعَرَبِيِّينَ al-ʕarabiyyīna |
عَرَبِيِّي ʕarabiyyī |
Plural of variety | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عُرُوب; أَعْرُب; عُرْبَان ʕurūb; ʔaʕrub; ʕurbān |
الْعُرُوب; الْأَعْرُب; الْعُرْبَان al-ʕurūb; al-ʔaʕrub; al-ʕurbān |
عُرُوب; أَعْرُب; عُرْبَان ʕurūb; ʔaʕrub; ʕurbān |
Nominative | عُرُوبٌ; أَعْرُبٌ; عُرْبَانٌ ʕurūbun; ʔaʕrubun; ʕurbānun |
الْعُرُوبُ; الْأَعْرُبُ; الْعُرْبَانُ al-ʕurūbu; al-ʔaʕrubu; al-ʕurbānu |
عُرُوبُ; أَعْرُبُ; عُرْبَانُ ʕurūbu; ʔaʕrubu; ʕurbānu |
Accusative | عُرُوبًا; أَعْرُبًا; عُرْبَانًا ʕurūban; ʔaʕruban; ʕurbānan |
الْعُرُوبَ; الْأَعْرُبَ; الْعُرْبَانَ al-ʕurūba; al-ʔaʕruba; al-ʕurbāna |
عُرُوبَ; أَعْرُبَ; عُرْبَانَ ʕurūba; ʔaʕruba; ʕurbāna |
Genitive | عُرُوبٍ; أَعْرُبٍ; عُرْبَانٍ ʕurūbin; ʔaʕrubin; ʕurbānin |
الْعُرُوبِ; الْأَعْرُبِ; الْعُرْبَانِ al-ʕurūbi; al-ʔaʕrubi; al-ʕurbāni |
عُرُوبِ; أَعْرُبِ; عُرْبَانِ ʕurūbi; ʔaʕrubi; ʕurbāni |
Antonyms
- عَجَم (ʕajam)
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Ἄραψ (Áraps)
Adjective
عَرَب • (ʕarab) m pl
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
عرب • (Arap)
Descendants
- Turkish: Arap
- → Albanian: arap
- → Aromanian: arap, arapu
- → Bulgarian: ара̀п (aràp)
- → Greek: αράπης (arápis)
- → Romanian: arap
- → Old East Slavic: арапъ (arapŭ) (?)
- Russian: ара́п (aráp)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عرب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 3240
- Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “87. ARÁPU”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot][2], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 79
Persian
Noun
عرب • ('arab) (plural عربها ('arab-hâ))
Adjective
عرب • ('arab)
Synonyms
- تازی (tâzi)
Related terms
- عربی ('arabi)
- عربستان ('arabestân)
- عربستان سعودی ('arabestan-e saudi)
Sindhi
Noun
عرب • ('arbu)
Adjective
عرب • ('arbu)
Related terms
- Arabic terms belonging to the root ع ر ب
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