تابوت
Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier تَوَبُوت (tawabūt) or تَاوْبُوَّة (tāwbuwwa), from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ (tēḇūṯā) or Ge'ez ታቦት (tabot). Cognate with Hebrew תיבה (tevá).
Ultimately from a merger of Egyptian
(ḏbꜣt, “sarcophagus, coffin”) and
(dbt, “chest, box”); compare Demotic tbyt (“sarcophagus, shrine, chest”), dbt, and tbt (“chest”) and Coptic ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ (taibe, “chest, coffin”).
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
تَابُوت • (tābūt) m (plural تَوَابِيت (tawābīt))
- box, case, chest, coffer, ark
- coffin, casket, sarcophagus
- مَاذَا وَرَاءَ حِكَايَةِ ٱكْتِشَافِ تَابُوتِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فِي ٱلْقُدْسِ؟
- māḏā warāʔa ḥikāyati ktišāfi tābūti l-masīḥi fi l-qudsi?
- What's behind the story of the discovery of the coffin of Christ in Jerusalem?
Declension edit
Declension of noun تَابُوت (tābūt)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | تَابُوت tābūt |
التَّابُوت at-tābūt |
تَابُوت tābūt |
Nominative | تَابُوتٌ tābūtun |
التَّابُوتُ at-tābūtu |
تَابُوتُ tābūtu |
Accusative | تَابُوتًا tābūtan |
التَّابُوتَ at-tābūta |
تَابُوتَ tābūta |
Genitive | تَابُوتٍ tābūtin |
التَّابُوتِ at-tābūti |
تَابُوتِ tābūti |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | تَابُوتَيْن tābūtayn |
التَّابُوتَيْن at-tābūtayn |
تَابُوتَيْ tābūtay |
Nominative | تَابُوتَانِ tābūtāni |
التَّابُوتَانِ at-tābūtāni |
تَابُوتَا tābūtā |
Accusative | تَابُوتَيْنِ tābūtayni |
التَّابُوتَيْنِ at-tābūtayni |
تَابُوتَيْ tābūtay |
Genitive | تَابُوتَيْنِ tābūtayni |
التَّابُوتَيْنِ at-tābūtayni |
تَابُوتَيْ tābūtay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | تَوَابِيت tawābīt |
التَّوَابِيت at-tawābīt |
تَوَابِيت tawābīt |
Nominative | تَوَابِيتُ tawābītu |
التَّوَابِيتُ at-tawābītu |
تَوَابِيتُ tawābītu |
Accusative | تَوَابِيتَ tawābīta |
التَّوَابِيتَ at-tawābīta |
تَوَابِيتَ tawābīta |
Genitive | تَوَابِيتَ tawābīta |
التَّوَابِيتِ at-tawābīti |
تَوَابِيتِ tawābīti |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- تَابُوت اَلْعَهْد (tābūt al-ʕahd, “Ark of the Covenant”)
- تَابُوت رَفْعِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ (tābūt rafʕi l-miyāhi, “Archimedean screw”)
Descendants edit
- Maltese: tebut
- → Spanish: ataúd
- → Portuguese: ataúde
- → Neapolitan: tauto, tavuto
- → Sicilian: tabbutu
- → Italian: tabbuto (regional)
- → Azerbaijani: tabut / تابوت
- → Bashkir: табут (tabut)
- → Kazakh: табыт (tabyt)
- → Kurdish:
- → Old Armenian: թափուտ (tʻapʻut)
- → Middle Armenian: թաբուտ (tʻabut), թապութ (tʻaputʻ), թաւութ (tʻawutʻ)
- → Persian: تابوت (tâbut)
References edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թափուտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 166b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 153
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 88–89
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “تابوت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 321
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 570
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 49
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “تابوت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN