ذباب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ذ ب ب (ḏ-b-b), from Proto-Semitic *ḏbb. Cognate with Akkadian 𒉏 and Hebrew זְבוּב (zəbūb) and Amharic ዝምብ (zəmb).

Noun

ذُبَاب • (ḏubāb) m (collective, singulative ذُبَابَة f (ḏubāba), plural أَذِبَّة (ʔaḏibba) or ذِبَّان (ḏibbān) or ذُبّ (ḏubb))

1. flies, fly (insect)
2. pupil (of the eye)
3. point (of a sword)

Declension

Declension of noun ذُبَاب (ḏubāb)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذُبَاب ḏubāb	الذُّبَاب aḏ-ḏubāb	ذُبَاب ḏubāb
Nominative	ذُبَابٌ ḏubābun	الذُّبَابُ aḏ-ḏubābu	ذُبَابُ ḏubābu
Accusative	ذُبَابًا ḏubāban	الذُّبَابَ aḏ-ḏubāba	ذُبَابَ ḏubāba
Genitive	ذُبَابٍ ḏubābin	الذُّبَابِ aḏ-ḏubābi	ذُبَابِ ḏubābi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذُبَابَة ḏubāba	الذُّبَابَة aḏ-ḏubāba	ذُبَابَة ḏubābat
Nominative	ذُبَابَةٌ ḏubābatun	الذُّبَابَةُ aḏ-ḏubābatu	ذُبَابَةُ ḏubābatu
Accusative	ذُبَابَةً ḏubābatan	الذُّبَابَةَ aḏ-ḏubābata	ذُبَابَةَ ḏubābata
Genitive	ذُبَابَةٍ ḏubābatin	الذُّبَابَةِ aḏ-ḏubābati	ذُبَابَةِ ḏubābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذُبَابَتَيْن ḏubābatayn	الذُّبَابَتَيْن aḏ-ḏubābatayn	ذُبَابَتَيْ ḏubābatay
Nominative	ذُبَابَتَانِ ḏubābatāni	الذُّبَابَتَانِ aḏ-ḏubābatāni	ذُبَابَتَا ḏubābatā
Accusative	ذُبَابَتَيْنِ ḏubābatayni	الذُّبَابَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏubābatayni	ذُبَابَتَيْ ḏubābatay
Genitive	ذُبَابَتَيْنِ ḏubābatayni	الذُّبَابَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏubābatayni	ذُبَابَتَيْ ḏubābatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذُبَابَات ḏubābāt	الذُّبَابَات aḏ-ḏubābāt	ذُبَابَات ḏubābāt
Nominative	ذُبَابَاتٌ ḏubābātun	الذُّبَابَاتُ aḏ-ḏubābātu	ذُبَابَاتُ ḏubābātu
Accusative	ذُبَابَاتٍ ḏubābātin	الذُّبَابَاتِ aḏ-ḏubābāti	ذُبَابَاتِ ḏubābāti
Genitive	ذُبَابَاتٍ ḏubābātin	الذُّبَابَاتِ aḏ-ḏubābāti	ذُبَابَاتِ ḏubābāti
Plural of variety	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَذِبَّة‎; ذِبَّان‎; ذُبّ ʔaḏibba‎; ḏibbān‎; ḏubb	الْأَذِبَّة‎; الذِّبَّان‎; الذُّبّ al-ʔaḏibba‎; aḏ-ḏibbān‎; aḏ-ḏubb	أَذِبَّة‎; ذِبَّان‎; ذُبّ ʔaḏibbat‎; ḏibbān‎; ḏubb
Nominative	أَذِبَّةٌ‎; ذِبَّانٌ‎; ذُبٌّ ʔaḏibbatun‎; ḏibbānun‎; ḏubbun	الْأَذِبَّةُ‎; الذِّبَّانُ‎; الذُّبُّ al-ʔaḏibbatu‎; aḏ-ḏibbānu‎; aḏ-ḏubbu	أَذِبَّةُ‎; ذِبَّانُ‎; ذُبُّ ʔaḏibbatu‎; ḏibbānu‎; ḏubbu
Accusative	أَذِبَّةً‎; ذِبَّانًا‎; ذُبًّا ʔaḏibbatan‎; ḏibbānan‎; ḏubban	الْأَذِبَّةَ‎; الذِّبَّانَ‎; الذُّبَّ al-ʔaḏibbata‎; aḏ-ḏibbāna‎; aḏ-ḏubba	أَذِبَّةَ‎; ذِبَّانَ‎; ذُبَّ ʔaḏibbata‎; ḏibbāna‎; ḏubba
Genitive	أَذِبَّةٍ‎; ذِبَّانٍ‎; ذُبٍّ ʔaḏibbatin‎; ḏibbānin‎; ḏubbin	الْأَذِبَّةِ‎; الذِّبَّانِ‎; الذُّبِّ al-ʔaḏibbati‎; aḏ-ḏibbāni‎; aḏ-ḏubbi	أَذِبَّةِ‎; ذِبَّانِ‎; ذُبِّ ʔaḏibbati‎; ḏibbāni‎; ḏubbi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ذباب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ذباب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen