دابي
Chadian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Sudanese Arabic دابي (dābi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
دابي • (dābi) m (plural دبيب (dabīb) or دبايب (dabāyib))
- snake
- 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic][1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, عَدد [Numbers] 21:9:
- وَ خَلَاصْ، مُوسَى صَنَعْ دَابِي هَنَا نَحَاسْ وَ رَفَعَهْ فَوْق فِي عُودْ.
- Wa khalaas, Muusa sanaʼ daabi hana nahaas wa rafaʼah foog fi uud.
- So Moses made a snake of copper and put it up on a stick.
- 2024 April 24 (last accessed), “Al zunub dakhal fi dunia”, in Global Recordings Network[2]:
- Al daabi gaal lei maraa da maa seyi: maa timutu.
- The snake said to the woman that this is not true: you won't die.
References edit
- Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon[3], N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 43