عرب

See also: عزت‎, غرت‎, غرب‎, عزب‎, غژب‎, and ع ر ب‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ر ب‎ (ʿ-r-b).

Verb

عَرَّبَ • (ʿarraba) II, non-past يُعَرِّبُ‎‎ (yuʿarribu)

1. to translate into Arabic
2. to Arabicize, Arabize; to give an Arabic form
3. to express, to state clearly, to declare
4. to give earnest money

Conjugation

Conjugation of

عَرَّبَ

(form-II sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَعْرِيب‎ taʿrīb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُعَرِّب‎ muʿarrib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُعَرَّب‎ muʿarrab
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَرَّبْتُ‎ ʿarrabtu	عَرَّبْتَ‎ ʿarrabta	عَرَّبَ ʿarraba		عَرَّبْتُمَا‎ ʿarrabtumā	عَرَّبَا‎ ʿarrabā		عَرَّبْنَا‎ ʿarrabnā	عَرَّبْتُمْ‎ ʿarrabtum	عَرَّبُوا‎ ʿarrabū
	f		عَرَّبْتِ‎ ʿarrabti	عَرَّبَتْ‎ ʿarrabat			عَرَّبَتَا‎ ʿarrabatā			عَرَّبْتُنَّ‎ ʿarrabtunna	عَرَّبْنَ‎ ʿarrabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَرِّبُ‎ ʾuʿarribu	تُعَرِّبُ‎ tuʿarribu	يُعَرِّبُ‎ yuʿarribu		تُعَرِّبَانِ‎ tuʿarribāni	يُعَرِّبَانِ‎ yuʿarribāni		نُعَرِّبُ‎ nuʿarribu	تُعَرِّبُونَ‎ tuʿarribūna	يُعَرِّبُونَ‎ yuʿarribūna
	f		تُعَرِّبِينَ‎ tuʿarribīna	تُعَرِّبُ‎ tuʿarribu			تُعَرِّبَانِ‎ tuʿarribāni			تُعَرِّبْنَ‎ tuʿarribna	يُعَرِّبْنَ‎ yuʿarribna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَرِّبَ‎ ʾuʿarriba	تُعَرِّبَ‎ tuʿarriba	يُعَرِّبَ‎ yuʿarriba		تُعَرِّبَا‎ tuʿarribā	يُعَرِّبَا‎ yuʿarribā		نُعَرِّبَ‎ nuʿarriba	تُعَرِّبُوا‎ tuʿarribū	يُعَرِّبُوا‎ yuʿarribū
	f		تُعَرِّبِي‎ tuʿarribī	تُعَرِّبَ‎ tuʿarriba			تُعَرِّبَا‎ tuʿarribā			تُعَرِّبْنَ‎ tuʿarribna	يُعَرِّبْنَ‎ yuʿarribna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَرِّبْ‎ ʾuʿarrib	تُعَرِّبْ‎ tuʿarrib	يُعَرِّبْ‎ yuʿarrib		تُعَرِّبَا‎ tuʿarribā	يُعَرِّبَا‎ yuʿarribā		نُعَرِّبْ‎ nuʿarrib	تُعَرِّبُوا‎ tuʿarribū	يُعَرِّبُوا‎ yuʿarribū
	f		تُعَرِّبِي‎ tuʿarribī	تُعَرِّبْ‎ tuʿarrib			تُعَرِّبَا‎ tuʿarribā			تُعَرِّبْنَ‎ tuʿarribna	يُعَرِّبْنَ‎ yuʿarribna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عَرِّبْ ʿarrib			عَرِّبَا‎ ʿarribā				عَرِّبُوا‎ ʿarribū
	f		عَرِّبِي‎ ʿarribī							عَرِّبْنَ‎ ʿarribna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عُرِّبْتُ‎ ʿurribtu	عُرِّبْتَ‎ ʿurribta	عُرِّبَ ʿurriba		عُرِّبْتُمَا‎ ʿurribtumā	عُرِّبَا‎ ʿurribā		عُرِّبْنَا‎ ʿurribnā	عُرِّبْتُمْ‎ ʿurribtum	عُرِّبُوا‎ ʿurribū
	f		عُرِّبْتِ‎ ʿurribti	عُرِّبَتْ‎ ʿurribat			عُرِّبَتَا‎ ʿurribatā			عُرِّبْتُنَّ‎ ʿurribtunna	عُرِّبْنَ‎ ʿurribna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَرَّبُ‎ ʾuʿarrabu	تُعَرَّبُ‎ tuʿarrabu	يُعَرَّبُ‎ yuʿarrabu		تُعَرَّبَانِ‎ tuʿarrabāni	يُعَرَّبَانِ‎ yuʿarrabāni		نُعَرَّبُ‎ nuʿarrabu	تُعَرَّبُونَ‎ tuʿarrabūna	يُعَرَّبُونَ‎ yuʿarrabūna
	f		تُعَرَّبِينَ‎ tuʿarrabīna	تُعَرَّبُ‎ tuʿarrabu			تُعَرَّبَانِ‎ tuʿarrabāni			تُعَرَّبْنَ‎ tuʿarrabna	يُعَرَّبْنَ‎ yuʿarrabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَرَّبَ‎ ʾuʿarraba	تُعَرَّبَ‎ tuʿarraba	يُعَرَّبَ‎ yuʿarraba		تُعَرَّبَا‎ tuʿarrabā	يُعَرَّبَا‎ yuʿarrabā		نُعَرَّبَ‎ nuʿarraba	تُعَرَّبُوا‎ tuʿarrabū	يُعَرَّبُوا‎ yuʿarrabū
	f		تُعَرَّبِي‎ tuʿarrabī	تُعَرَّبَ‎ tuʿarraba			تُعَرَّبَا‎ tuʿarrabā			تُعَرَّبْنَ‎ tuʿarrabna	يُعَرَّبْنَ‎ yuʿarrabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَرَّبْ‎ ʾuʿarrab	تُعَرَّبْ‎ tuʿarrab	يُعَرَّبْ‎ yuʿarrab		تُعَرَّبَا‎ tuʿarrabā	يُعَرَّبَا‎ yuʿarrabā		نُعَرَّبْ‎ nuʿarrab	تُعَرَّبُوا‎ tuʿarrabū	يُعَرَّبُوا‎ yuʿarrabū
	f		تُعَرَّبِي‎ tuʿarrabī	تُعَرَّبْ‎ tuʿarrab			تُعَرَّبَا‎ tuʿarrabā			تُعَرَّبْنَ‎ tuʿarrabna	يُعَرَّبْنَ‎ yuʿarrabna

Noun

عَرَب • (ʿarab) f or m pl (collective, singulative عَرَبِيّ‎ m (ʿarabiyy), plural عُرُوب‎ (ʿurūb) or أَعْرُب‎ (ʾaʿrub) or عُرْبَان‎ (ʿurbān), paucal عَرَب (ʿarab))

1. Arabs, true Arabs

Usage notes

According to Lane's Arabic Lexicon (entry عرب, book I, p. 2045), عَرَب‎ (ʿarab) is of the feminine gender. However, since the word is a collective noun with human referents, it is possible for it to be treated as either a masculine plural or a feminine singular noun. For example, the Wikipedia entry has الْعَرَب الْبَاقِيَة الَّذِين (al-ʿarab al-bāqiya allaḏīn ..., “the remaining Arabs who ...”) with بَاقِيَة‎ (bāqiya, “remaining”), a feminine singular, but الَّذِين‎ (allaḏīn, “who”), a masculine plural. Semantically, such nouns often refer to races and ethnic groups. For similar collective nouns, see عَجَم‎ (ʿajam, “Non-Arabs”), غَجَر‎ (ḡajar, “Gypsies”), زَنْج‎ (zanj, “Negros”), كُرْج‎ (kurj, “Georgians”), فُرْس‎ (furs, “Persians”), تُرْك‎ (turk, “Turks”), كُرْد‎ (kurd, “Kurds”), رُوم‎ (rūm, “Romans”), and رُوس‎ (rūs, “Rus Vikings”).

Declension

Declension of noun عَرَب (ʿarab)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَب ʿarab	الْعَرَب‎ al-ʿarab	عَرَب ʿarab
Nominative	عَرَبٌ ʿarabun	الْعَرَبُ‎ al-ʿarabu	عَرَبُ ʿarabu
Accusative	عَرَبًا‎ ʿaraban	الْعَرَبَ‎ al-ʿaraba	عَرَبَ ʿaraba
Genitive	عَرَبٍ ʿarabin	الْعَرَبِ‎ al-ʿarabi	عَرَبِ ʿarabi
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَبِي‎ ʿarabī	الْعَرَبِي‎ al-ʿarabī	عَرَبِي‎ ʿarabī
Nominative	عَرَبِيٌّ‎ ʿarabiyyun	الْعَرَبِيُّ‎ al-ʿarabiyyu	عَرَبِيُّ‎ ʿarabiyyu
Accusative	عَرَبِيًّا‎ ʿarabiyyan	الْعَرَبِيَّ‎ al-ʿarabiyya	عَرَبِيَّ‎ ʿarabiyya
Genitive	عَرَبِيٍّ‎ ʿarabiyyin	الْعَرَبِيِّ‎ al-ʿarabiyyi	عَرَبِيِّ‎ ʿarabiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَبِيَّيْن‎ ʿarabiyyayn	الْعَرَبِيَّيْن‎ al-ʿarabiyyayn	عَرَبِيَّيْ‎ ʿarabiyyay
Nominative	عَرَبِيَّانِ‎ ʿarabiyyāni	الْعَرَبِيَّانِ‎ al-ʿarabiyyāni	عَرَبِيَّا‎ ʿarabiyyā
Accusative	عَرَبِيَّيْنِ‎ ʿarabiyyayni	الْعَرَبِيَّيْنِ‎ al-ʿarabiyyayni	عَرَبِيَّيْ‎ ʿarabiyyay
Genitive	عَرَبِيَّيْنِ‎ ʿarabiyyayni	الْعَرَبِيَّيْنِ‎ al-ʿarabiyyayni	عَرَبِيَّيْ‎ ʿarabiyyay
Paucal (3-10)	sound masculine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَبِيِّين‎ ʿarabiyyīn	الْعَرَبِيِّين‎ al-ʿarabiyyīn	عَرَبِيِّي‎ ʿarabiyyī
Nominative	عَرَبِيُّونَ‎ ʿarabiyyūna	الْعَرَبِيُّونَ‎ al-ʿarabiyyūna	عَرَبِيُّو‎ ʿarabiyyū
Accusative	عَرَبِيِّينَ‎ ʿarabiyyīna	الْعَرَبِيِّينَ‎ al-ʿarabiyyīna	عَرَبِيِّي‎ ʿarabiyyī
Genitive	عَرَبِيِّينَ‎ ʿarabiyyīna	الْعَرَبِيِّينَ‎ al-ʿarabiyyīna	عَرَبِيِّي‎ ʿarabiyyī
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُرُوب‎‎; أَعْرُب‎‎; عُرْبَان‎ ʿurūb‎; ʾaʿrub‎; ʿurbān	الْعُرُوب‎‎; الْأَعْرُب‎‎; الْعُرْبَان‎ al-ʿurūb‎; al-ʾaʿrub‎; al-ʿurbān	عُرُوب‎‎; أَعْرُب‎‎; عُرْبَان‎ ʿurūb‎; ʾaʿrub‎; ʿurbān
Nominative	عُرُوبٌ‎‎; أَعْرُبٌ‎‎; عُرْبَانٌ‎ ʿurūbun‎; ʾaʿrubun‎; ʿurbānun	الْعُرُوبُ‎‎; الْأَعْرُبُ‎‎; الْعُرْبَانُ‎ al-ʿurūbu‎; al-ʾaʿrubu‎; al-ʿurbānu	عُرُوبُ‎‎; أَعْرُبُ‎‎; عُرْبَانُ‎ ʿurūbu‎; ʾaʿrubu‎; ʿurbānu
Accusative	عُرُوبًا‎‎; أَعْرُبًا‎‎; عُرْبَانًا‎ ʿurūban‎; ʾaʿruban‎; ʿurbānan	الْعُرُوبَ‎‎; الْأَعْرُبَ‎‎; الْعُرْبَانَ‎ al-ʿurūba‎; al-ʾaʿruba‎; al-ʿurbāna	عُرُوبَ‎‎; أَعْرُبَ‎‎; عُرْبَانَ‎ ʿurūba‎; ʾaʿruba‎; ʿurbāna
Genitive	عُرُوبٍ‎‎; أَعْرُبٍ‎‎; عُرْبَانٍ‎ ʿurūbin‎; ʾaʿrubin‎; ʿurbānin	الْعُرُوبِ‎‎; الْأَعْرُبِ‎‎; الْعُرْبَانِ‎ al-ʿurūbi‎; al-ʾaʿrubi‎; al-ʿurbāni	عُرُوبِ‎‎; أَعْرُبِ‎‎; عُرْبَانِ‎ ʿurūbi‎; ʾaʿrubi‎; ʿurbāni

Antonyms

• عَجَم‎ (ʿajam)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἄραψ (Áraps)
  • → Latin: Arabs

Adjective

عَرَب • (ʿarab) m pl

1. masculine plural of عَرَبِيّ‎ (ʿarabiyy)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab).

Noun

عرب • (Arap)

1. the Arabian people or Arabia
2. Arab
3. Negro

   Synonym: زنجی‎ (zenci)

Related terms

• عربی‎ (Arabî)

Descendants

• Turkish: Arap
• → Albanian: arap
• → Aromanian: arap, arapu
• → Bulgarian: ара́п (aráp)
• → Greek: αράπης (arápis)
• → Romanian: arap
• → Old East Slavic: арапъ (arapŭ) (?)
  • Russian: ара́п (aráp)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Àrap, Àrapin

  А̀рап, А̀рапин

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “عرب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3240
• Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007), “87. ARÁPU”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот, put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, →ISBN, page 79

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Persian

Noun

عرب • ('arab) (plural عرب‌ها‎ ('arab-hâ))

1. Arab
2. Arabian

Adjective

عرب • ('arab)

1. Arab
2. Arabian

Synonyms

• تازی‎ (tâzi)

Derived terms

• عربی‎ ('arabi)
• عربستان‎ ('arabestân)
• عربستان سعودی‎ ('arabestan-e saudi)

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Sindhi

Noun

عرب ('arbu)

1. Arab

Adjective

عرب ('arbu)

1. Arab

Related terms

• عربي‎ ('arabi)
• عربستان‎ ('arabestân)
• سعودي عرب‎ ('saudi arab)

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر ب‎

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَرَّب‎ (ʿarrab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕar.rab/, [ˈʕar.rab]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

  (file)

Verb

عرّب • (ʕarrab) (form II, present بعرّب‎ (biʕarreb))

1. to sort, to classify, to organize

Conjugation

Conjugation of عرّب (ʕarrab)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	عرّبت (ʕarrabt)	عرّبت (ʕarrabt)	عرّب (ʕarrab)		عرّبنا (ʕarrabna)	عرّبتو (ʕarrabtu)	عرّبو (ʕarrabu)
	f		عرّبتي (ʕarrabti)	عرّبت (ʕarrabat)
present	m	بعرّب (baʕarreb)	بتعرّب (bitʕarreb)	بعرّب (biʕarreb)		منعرّب (minʕarreb)	بتعرّبو (bitʕarrbu)	بعرّبو (biʕarrbu)
	f		بتعرّبي (bitʕarrbi)	بتعرّب (bitʕarreb)
subjunctive	m	اعرّب (aʕarreb)	تعرّب (tʕarreb)	يعرّب (yʕarreb)		نعرّب (nʕarreb)	تعرّبو (tʕarrbu)	يعرّبو (yʕarrbu)
	f		تعرّبي (tʕarrbi)	تعرّب (tʕarreb)
imperative	m		عرّب (ʕarreb)				عرّبو (ʕarrbu)
	f		عرّبي (ʕarrbi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.rab/, [ˈʕa.rab]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

عرب • (ʕarab) pl

1. plural of عربي‎ (ʕarabi, “Arab”)

Adjective

عرب • (ʕarab)

1. plural of عربي‎ (ʕarabi, “Arabic”)