درباس

Arabic

Alternative forms

• دِرْوَاس (dirwās), دِرْنَاس (dirnās)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دروازی (darvâzi, “warden”) suffixed from درواز (darvâz), دروازه (darvâza, “doors, gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dir.baːs/

Noun

دِرْبَاس • (dirbās) m (Classical Arabic)

1. lion

   Synonyms: أَسَد (ʔasad), لَيْث (layṯ), ضُرْغَام (ḍurḡām); see also Thesaurus:أسد

2. rabid dog
3. brave

   Synonyms: شُجَاع (šujāʕ), بَاسِل (bāsil), مِقْدَام (miqdām)

Declension

Declension of noun دِرْبَاس (dirbās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِرْبَاس dirbās	الدِّرْبَاس ad-dirbās	دِرْبَاس dirbās
Nominative	دِرْبَاسٌ dirbāsun	الدِّرْبَاسُ ad-dirbāsu	دِرْبَاسُ dirbāsu
Accusative	دِرْبَاسًا dirbāsan	الدِّرْبَاسَ ad-dirbāsa	دِرْبَاسَ dirbāsa
Genitive	دِرْبَاسٍ dirbāsin	الدِّرْبَاسِ ad-dirbāsi	دِرْبَاسِ dirbāsi

Descendants

• Algerian Arabic: طاروس
• Andalusian Arabic: طروس (ṭarūs, “dog”)
• Maltese: dorbies, dirbies, durbies, dirwies
• Moroccan Arabic: طاروس (ṭāṛōs, “hunting-dog”)

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 808