مأرب

Arabic

Root
ء ر ب (ʔ-r-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʔ.rib/

Noun

مَاْرِب • (mārib) m (plural مَآرِب (maʔārib))

1. need, necessity, goal
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:18:

     قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ

     qāla hiya ʕaṣāya ʔatawakkaʔu ʕalayhā waʔahuššu bihā ʕalā ḡanamī waliya fīhā maʔāribu ʔuḵrā

     He said, "It is my stick. I lean on it, I beat down with it for my sheep, and I have many other uses of it.

Declension

Declension of noun مَاْرِب (mārib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاْرِب mārib	الْمَاْرِب al-mārib	مَاْرِب mārib
Nominative	مَاْرِبٌ māribun	الْمَاْرِبُ al-māribu	مَاْرِبُ māribu
Accusative	مَاْرِبًا māriban	الْمَاْرِبَ al-māriba	مَاْرِبَ māriba
Genitive	مَاْرِبٍ māribin	الْمَاْرِبِ al-māribi	مَاْرِبِ māribi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاْرِبَيْن māribayn	الْمَاْرِبَيْن al-māribayn	مَاْرِبَيْ māribay
Nominative	مَاْرِبَانِ māribāni	الْمَاْرِبَانِ al-māribāni	مَاْرِبَا māribā
Accusative	مَاْرِبَيْنِ māribayni	الْمَاْرِبَيْنِ al-māribayni	مَاْرِبَيْ māribay
Genitive	مَاْرِبَيْنِ māribayni	الْمَاْرِبَيْنِ al-māribayni	مَاْرِبَيْ māribay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَآرِب maʔārib	الْمَآرِب al-maʔārib	مَآرِب maʔārib
Nominative	مَآرِبُ maʔāribu	الْمَآرِبُ al-maʔāribu	مَآرِبُ maʔāribu
Accusative	مَآرِبَ maʔāriba	الْمَآرِبَ al-maʔāriba	مَآرِبَ maʔāriba
Genitive	مَآرِبَ maʔāriba	الْمَآرِبِ al-maʔāribi	مَآرِبِ maʔāribi

Proper noun

مَأَرِب • (maʔarib) f

1. Marib (a city in Yemen)