See also: ثعبان

Arabic edit

Root
ت ع ب (t-ʕ-b)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

تَعْبَان (taʕbān) (feminine تَعْبَى (taʕbā) or تَعْبَانَة (taʕbāna), common plural تَعْبَى (taʕbā) or تَعَابَى (taʕābā))

  1. tired, weary

Declension edit

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic تَعْبَان (taʕbān).

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Adjective edit

تعبان (taʕbā́n)

  1. tired
  2. sick

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic ثُعْبَان (ṯuʕbān).

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Noun edit

تعبان (tuʕbā́nm (plural تعابين (taʕabī́n))

  1. snake

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَعْبَان (taʕbān).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /təʕˈbɑːn/

Adjective edit

تعبان (taʕbān) (feminine تعبانة (taʕbāna), masculine plural تعابى (taʕāba) or تعبانين (taʕbānīn))

  1. tired, fatigued

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ت ع ب
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَعْبَان (taʕbān).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

تعبان (taʕbān) (feminine تَعْبانة (taʕbāna), common plural تَعْبانين (taʕbānīn))

  1. tired, exhausted
  2. unwell, ill, sick
    Synonym: مريض (marīḍ)

North Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَعْبان (taʕbān).

Adjective edit

تعبان (tiʕbān) (feminine تعبانة (tiʕbāne), common plural تعبانين (tiʕbānīn) or تعبانة (tiʕbāne))

  1. tired
  2. tired of, fed up
    • 2012, “كنا اتفقنا”‎[1]performed by Marwan Khoury:
      قوليلي زعلانة، قوليلي تعبانة، قوليلي زهقانة، بس احكيلي شي.
      ʔulī-li ziʕlāne, ʔulī-li tiʕbāne, ʔulī-li zihʔāne, bas iḥkī-li šī.
      Tell me you’re angry, tell me you’re fed up, tell me you’re bored to death, but just talk to me.

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ت ع ب
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَعْبَان (taʕbān). Intensive adjective of the stative verb تعب (tiʕib, to get tired).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /taʕ.baːn/, [taʕˈbæːn]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

تعبان (taʕbān) (feminine تعبانة (taʕbāne), common plural تعبانين (taʕbānīn))

  1. tired, exhausted
  2. (euphemistic) unwell, ill, sick
    Synonyms: مريض (marīḍ), عيان (ʕayyān)