ذئبة

Arabic

Etymology

ذِئْب (ḏiʔb) +‎ ـَة (-a)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiʔ.ba/

Noun

ذِئْبَة • (ḏiʔba) f (plural ذِئْبَات (ḏiʔbāt))

1. she-wolf
2. (obsolete) the disease vives
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, page 603:
     – compare
     c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, page 593:
3. the disease lupus

Declension

Declension of noun ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْبَة ḏiʔba	الذِّئْبَة aḏ-ḏiʔba	ذِئْبَة ḏiʔbat
Nominative	ذِئْبَةٌ ḏiʔbatun	الذِّئْبَةُ aḏ-ḏiʔbatu	ذِئْبَةُ ḏiʔbatu
Accusative	ذِئْبَةً ḏiʔbatan	الذِّئْبَةَ aḏ-ḏiʔbata	ذِئْبَةَ ḏiʔbata
Genitive	ذِئْبَةٍ ḏiʔbatin	الذِّئْبَةِ aḏ-ḏiʔbati	ذِئْبَةِ ḏiʔbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْبَتَيْن ḏiʔbatayn	الذِّئْبَتَيْن aḏ-ḏiʔbatayn	ذِئْبَتَيْ ḏiʔbatay
Nominative	ذِئْبَتَانِ ḏiʔbatāni	الذِّئْبَتَانِ aḏ-ḏiʔbatāni	ذِئْبَتَا ḏiʔbatā
Accusative	ذِئْبَتَيْنِ ḏiʔbatayni	الذِّئْبَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbatayni	ذِئْبَتَيْ ḏiʔbatay
Genitive	ذِئْبَتَيْنِ ḏiʔbatayni	الذِّئْبَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbatayni	ذِئْبَتَيْ ḏiʔbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْبَات ḏiʔbāt	الذِّئْبَات aḏ-ḏiʔbāt	ذِئْبَات ḏiʔbāt
Nominative	ذِئْبَاتٌ ḏiʔbātun	الذِّئْبَاتُ aḏ-ḏiʔbātu	ذِئْبَاتُ ḏiʔbātu
Accusative	ذِئْبَاتٍ ḏiʔbātin	الذِّئْبَاتِ aḏ-ḏiʔbāti	ذِئْبَاتِ ḏiʔbāti
Genitive	ذِئْبَاتٍ ḏiʔbātin	الذِّئْبَاتِ aḏ-ḏiʔbāti	ذِئْبَاتِ ḏiʔbāti

Descendants

• → Old Spanish: adivas, abivas, adinas
  • Spanish: abivas
  • → Catalan: adives, avives
  • → Old French: avives, vives
    • French: avives
    • → English: vives

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe‎^[1] (in French), 2^nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذئبة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78