خروبة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb, “carob”) +‎ ـَة (-a). The coin meaning is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion).

Noun

خَرُّوبَة • (ḵarrūba) f (singulative, collective خَرُّوب m (ḵarrūb))

1. carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.)
2. an old coin of Tunisia weighing one carat
3. a name of some human settlements

Declension

Declension of noun خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوبَة ḵarrūba	الْخَرُّوبَة al-ḵarrūba	خَرُّوبَة ḵarrūbat
Nominative	خَرُّوبَةٌ ḵarrūbatun	الْخَرُّوبَةُ al-ḵarrūbatu	خَرُّوبَةُ ḵarrūbatu
Accusative	خَرُّوبَةً ḵarrūbatan	الْخَرُّوبَةَ al-ḵarrūbata	خَرُّوبَةَ ḵarrūbata
Genitive	خَرُّوبَةٍ ḵarrūbatin	الْخَرُّوبَةِ al-ḵarrūbati	خَرُّوبَةِ ḵarrūbati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوب ḵarrūb	الْخَرُّوب al-ḵarrūb	خَرُّوب ḵarrūb
Nominative	خَرُّوبٌ ḵarrūbun	الْخَرُّوبُ al-ḵarrūbu	خَرُّوبُ ḵarrūbu
Accusative	خَرُّوبًا ḵarrūban	الْخَرُّوبَ al-ḵarrūba	خَرُّوبَ ḵarrūba
Genitive	خَرُّوبٍ ḵarrūbin	الْخَرُّوبِ al-ḵarrūbi	خَرُّوبِ ḵarrūbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوبَتَيْن ḵarrūbatayn	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْن al-ḵarrūbatayn	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
Nominative	خَرُّوبَتَانِ ḵarrūbatāni	الْخَرُّوبَتَانِ al-ḵarrūbatāni	خَرُّوبَتَا ḵarrūbatā
Accusative	خَرُّوبَتَيْنِ ḵarrūbatayni	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْنِ al-ḵarrūbatayni	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
Genitive	خَرُّوبَتَيْنِ ḵarrūbatayni	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْنِ al-ḵarrūbatayni	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوبَات ḵarrūbāt	الْخَرُّوبَات al-ḵarrūbāt	خَرُّوبَات ḵarrūbāt
Nominative	خَرُّوبَاتٌ ḵarrūbātun	الْخَرُّوبَاتُ al-ḵarrūbātu	خَرُّوبَاتُ ḵarrūbātu
Accusative	خَرُّوبَاتٍ ḵarrūbātin	الْخَرُّوبَاتِ al-ḵarrūbāti	خَرُّوبَاتِ ḵarrūbāti
Genitive	خَرُّوبَاتٍ ḵarrūbātin	الْخَرُّوبَاتِ al-ḵarrūbāti	خَرُّوبَاتِ ḵarrūbāti

Descendants

• → Catalan: garrofa, garrova
• → Galician: alfarroba
• → Medieval Latin: carruba, carubla
  • → French: caroube, carobe
    • French: caroube, carouge
      • → Romanian: carub
    • → English: carob
      • → Irish: carúb
  • Italian: carruba, caruba
• → Navarro-Aragonese: algarrofa
• → Portuguese: alfarroba
• → Sicilian: carruva
• → Spanish: algarroba, garroba, garrofa