ضربة

Arabic

Root
ض ر ب (ḍ-r-b)

Etymology

Instance noun from ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤar.ba/

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Noun

ضَرْبَة • (ḍarba) f (plural ضَرَبَات (ḍarabāt))

1. a blow, a stroke, a hit
2. a shot, a report of a gun
3. a punishment, a torment

Declension

Declension of noun ضَرْبَة (ḍarba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرْبَة ḍarba	الضَّرْبَة aḍ-ḍarba	ضَرْبَة ḍarbat
Nominative	ضَرْبَةٌ ḍarbatun	الضَّرْبَةُ aḍ-ḍarbatu	ضَرْبَةُ ḍarbatu
Accusative	ضَرْبَةً ḍarbatan	الضَّرْبَةَ aḍ-ḍarbata	ضَرْبَةَ ḍarbata
Genitive	ضَرْبَةٍ ḍarbatin	الضَّرْبَةِ aḍ-ḍarbati	ضَرْبَةِ ḍarbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرْبَتَيْن ḍarbatayn	الضَّرْبَتَيْن aḍ-ḍarbatayn	ضَرْبَتَيْ ḍarbatay
Nominative	ضَرْبَتَانِ ḍarbatāni	الضَّرْبَتَانِ aḍ-ḍarbatāni	ضَرْبَتَا ḍarbatā
Accusative	ضَرْبَتَيْنِ ḍarbatayni	الضَّرْبَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarbatayni	ضَرْبَتَيْ ḍarbatay
Genitive	ضَرْبَتَيْنِ ḍarbatayni	الضَّرْبَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarbatayni	ضَرْبَتَيْ ḍarbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَبَات ḍarabāt	الضَّرَبَات aḍ-ḍarabāt	ضَرَبَات ḍarabāt
Nominative	ضَرَبَاتٌ ḍarabātun	الضَّرَبَاتُ aḍ-ḍarabātu	ضَرَبَاتُ ḍarabātu
Accusative	ضَرَبَاتٍ ḍarabātin	الضَّرَبَاتِ aḍ-ḍarabāti	ضَرَبَاتِ ḍarabāti
Genitive	ضَرَبَاتٍ ḍarabātin	الضَّرَبَاتِ aḍ-ḍarabāti	ضَرَبَاتِ ḍarabāti

Descendants

• Maltese: darba
• → Azerbaijani: zərbə, ضربه
• → Ottoman Turkish: ضربه (żarbe, darbe)

  > Turkish: darbe (inherited)

• → Northern Kurdish: zerbe
• → Persian: ضربه
• → Swahili: dhoruba
• → Turkmen: zarba
• → Uyghur: زەربە (zerbe)
• → Uzbek: zarba

References

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