Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ع ب ع ب (ʕ-b-ʕ-b) related to abundance and thickness, to be profuse or swelling, to pour forth, to gush, to gulp or guzzle, to pour uninterruptedly, to flow on swiftly, to continue moving away; likely ultimately onomatopoeic in origin from the murmuring or bubbling sound of gushing water.

Verb edit

عَبْعَبَ (ʕabʕaba) Iq, non-past يُعَبْعِبُ‎ (yuʕabʕibu)

  1. to flee
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

عَبْعَب (ʕabʕabm (plural عَبَاعِب (ʕabāʕib))

  1. ample vestment, supple tegument
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Likely a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʿāḇā, forest, thickets), a specification from the same root as above, thick growth or high density of plants; however the whole root may also be short of a basic meaning of gulping borrowed from Aramaic, as its cognate reflex of ض ب ب (ḍ-b-b) related to sticking, density, tumorosity. Native Arabic غَبَب (ḡabab) and غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab) are also duplicated like عُبَب (ʕubab) and عُبْعُب (ʕubʕub).

Noun edit

عُبْعُب (ʕubʕubm

  1. Withania gen. et spp.
Declension edit

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “عبعب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 100