جذاب

See also: جدات and حداث

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Characteristic adjective of the verb جَذَبَ (jaḏaba, “to attract”), from the root ج ذ ب (j-ḏ-b).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒað.ðaːb/

Adjective edit

جَذَّاب • (jaḏḏāb) (feminine جَذَّابَة (jaḏḏāba), masculine plural جَذَّابُون (jaḏḏābūn), feminine plural جَذَّابَات (jaḏḏābāt))

attractive, attracting powerfully

Declension edit

Declension of adjective جَذَّاب (jaḏḏāb)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَذَّاب jaḏḏāb	الْجَذَّاب al-jaḏḏāb	جَذَّابَة jaḏḏāba	الْجَذَّابَة al-jaḏḏāba
Nominative	جَذَّابٌ jaḏḏābun	الْجَذَّابُ al-jaḏḏābu	جَذَّابَةٌ jaḏḏābatun	الْجَذَّابَةُ al-jaḏḏābatu
Accusative	جَذَّابًا jaḏḏāban	الْجَذَّابَ al-jaḏḏāba	جَذَّابَةً jaḏḏābatan	الْجَذَّابَةَ al-jaḏḏābata
Genitive	جَذَّابٍ jaḏḏābin	الْجَذَّابِ al-jaḏḏābi	جَذَّابَةٍ jaḏḏābatin	الْجَذَّابَةِ al-jaḏḏābati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَذَّابَيْن jaḏḏābayn	الْجَذَّابَيْن al-jaḏḏābayn	جَذَّابَتَيْن jaḏḏābatayn	الْجَذَّابَتَيْن al-jaḏḏābatayn
Nominative	جَذَّابَانِ jaḏḏābāni	الْجَذَّابَانِ al-jaḏḏābāni	جَذَّابَتَانِ jaḏḏābatāni	الْجَذَّابَتَانِ al-jaḏḏābatāni
Accusative	جَذَّابَيْنِ jaḏḏābayni	الْجَذَّابَيْنِ al-jaḏḏābayni	جَذَّابَتَيْنِ jaḏḏābatayni	الْجَذَّابَتَيْنِ al-jaḏḏābatayni
Genitive	جَذَّابَيْنِ jaḏḏābayni	الْجَذَّابَيْنِ al-jaḏḏābayni	جَذَّابَتَيْنِ jaḏḏābatayni	الْجَذَّابَتَيْنِ al-jaḏḏābatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَذَّابِين jaḏḏābīn	الْجَذَّابِين al-jaḏḏābīn	جَذَّابَات jaḏḏābāt	الْجَذَّابَات al-jaḏḏābāt
Nominative	جَذَّابُونَ jaḏḏābūna	الْجَذَّابُونَ al-jaḏḏābūna	جَذَّابَاتٌ jaḏḏābātun	الْجَذَّابَاتُ al-jaḏḏābātu
Accusative	جَذَّابِينَ jaḏḏābīna	الْجَذَّابِينَ al-jaḏḏābīna	جَذَّابَاتٍ jaḏḏābātin	الْجَذَّابَاتِ al-jaḏḏābāti
Genitive	جَذَّابِينَ jaḏḏābīna	الْجَذَّابِينَ al-jaḏḏābīna	جَذَّابَاتٍ jaḏḏābātin	الْجَذَّابَاتِ al-jaḏḏābāti

Derived terms edit

جَذَّابِيَّة (jaḏḏābiyya)

References edit

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جذاب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَذَّاب (jaḏḏāb).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒað.ðɑːβ], [d͡ʒaz.zɑːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäz.zɑːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäz.zɑːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäz.zɔːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæz.zɒːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäz.zɔb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jaḏḏāḇ, jazzāḇ
Dari reading^?	jazzāb
Iranian reading^?	jazzâb
Tajik reading^?	jazzob

Adjective edit

جذاب • (jazzâb) (comparative جذاب‌تَر (jazzâb-tar), superlative جذاب‌تَرین (jazzâb-tarin))

attractive