جبت

See also: جثث, حبت, حبب, and ح ب ب

Arabic edit

FWOTD – 31 March 2018

Etymology 1 edit

According to Wahib Atallah (1970), this is the Hijazi pronunciation of قِبْط (qibṭ, “Egyptians”), in reference to the association between Egyptians and magic or trickery, compare the usage of Latin Ægyptiacī and English gypsy, therefore he opts for the meaning “sorcery”.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒibt/

Noun edit

جِبْت • (jibt) m

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:51:
  أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ سَبِيلًا
  Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture who believe in the magic/falsities and the juggernauts and say about the disbelievers “These are better guided than the believers as for the way”?
1. sorcery, magic
2. sorcerer
3. priest
4. falsity, superstition
5. idol, juggernaut

Declension edit

Declension of noun جِبْت (jibt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِبْت jibt	الْجِبْت al-jibt	جِبْت jibt
Nominative	جِبْتٌ jibtun	الْجِبْتُ al-jibtu	جِبْتُ jibtu
Accusative	جِبْتًا jibtan	الْجِبْتَ al-jibta	جِبْتَ jibta
Genitive	جِبْتٍ jibtin	الْجِبْتِ al-jibti	جِبْتِ jibti

References edit

Atallah, Wahib (1970) “Ğibt et tāğūt dans le Coran”, in Arabica, volume 17, →DOI, pages 69-82
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 99–100