ثعبان

See also: تعبان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ث ع ب (ṯ-ʕ-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θuʕ.baːn/
  • IPA^(key): /tuʕ.baːn/, /θuʕ.baːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

ثُعْبَان • (ṯuʕbān) m or f (plural ثَعَابِين (ṯaʕābīn))

1. snake
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:32:

     فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ

     fa-ʔalqā ʕaṣāhu fa-ʔiḏā hiya ṯuʕbānun mubīnun

     Then he flung down his staff and it became a bare serpent

2. (astronomy) (normally الثُعْبَان (aṯ-ṯuʕbān)) Alpha Draconis

Declension

Declension of noun ثُعْبَان (ṯuʕbān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُعْبَان ṯuʕbān	الثُّعْبَان aṯ-ṯuʕbān	ثُعْبَان ṯuʕbān
Nominative	ثُعْبَانٌ ṯuʕbānun	الثُّعْبَانُ aṯ-ṯuʕbānu	ثُعْبَانُ ṯuʕbānu
Accusative	ثُعْبَانًا ṯuʕbānan	الثُّعْبَانَ aṯ-ṯuʕbāna	ثُعْبَانَ ṯuʕbāna
Genitive	ثُعْبَانٍ ṯuʕbānin	الثُّعْبَانِ aṯ-ṯuʕbāni	ثُعْبَانِ ṯuʕbāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُعْبَانَيْن ṯuʕbānayn	الثُّعْبَانَيْن aṯ-ṯuʕbānayn	ثُعْبَانَيْ ṯuʕbānay
Nominative	ثُعْبَانَانِ ṯuʕbānāni	الثُّعْبَانَانِ aṯ-ṯuʕbānāni	ثُعْبَانَا ṯuʕbānā
Accusative	ثُعْبَانَيْنِ ṯuʕbānayni	الثُّعْبَانَيْنِ aṯ-ṯuʕbānayni	ثُعْبَانَيْ ṯuʕbānay
Genitive	ثُعْبَانَيْنِ ṯuʕbānayni	الثُّعْبَانَيْنِ aṯ-ṯuʕbānayni	ثُعْبَانَيْ ṯuʕbānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَعَابِين ṯaʕābīn	الثَّعَابِين aṯ-ṯaʕābīn	ثَعَابِين ṯaʕābīn
Nominative	ثَعَابِينُ ṯaʕābīnu	الثَّعَابِينُ aṯ-ṯaʕābīnu	ثَعَابِينُ ṯaʕābīnu
Accusative	ثَعَابِينَ ṯaʕābīna	الثَّعَابِينَ aṯ-ṯaʕābīna	ثَعَابِينَ ṯaʕābīna
Genitive	ثَعَابِينَ ṯaʕābīna	الثَّعَابِينِ aṯ-ṯaʕābīni	ثَعَابِينِ ṯaʕābīni

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ثُعْبَان (ṯuʕbān).

Noun

ثعبان • (suʿban)

1. snake; serpent
2. dragon

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ثعبان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 425
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ثعبان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 624