لولب

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from Persian لوله (lule, “thing that spins, twists, or rolls; barrel, cylinder; tubing, pipe”) + آب (âb, “water”).

Noun

لَوْلَب • (lawlab) m (plural لَوَالِب (lawālib))

1. the simple machine called screw
2. spiral, helix
3. spiral spring, spring
4. spiral staircase
5. (figurative) pivot point
6. tube, canal
7. tube of an alembic

Declension

Declension of noun لَوْلَب (lawlab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْلَب lawlab	اللَّوْلَب al-lawlab	لَوْلَب lawlab
Nominative	لَوْلَبٌ lawlabun	اللَّوْلَبُ al-lawlabu	لَوْلَبُ lawlabu
Accusative	لَوْلَبًا lawlaban	اللَّوْلَبَ al-lawlaba	لَوْلَبَ lawlaba
Genitive	لَوْلَبٍ lawlabin	اللَّوْلَبِ al-lawlabi	لَوْلَبِ lawlabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْلَبَيْن lawlabayn	اللَّوْلَبَيْن al-lawlabayn	لَوْلَبَيْ lawlabay
Nominative	لَوْلَبَانِ lawlabāni	اللَّوْلَبَانِ al-lawlabāni	لَوْلَبَا lawlabā
Accusative	لَوْلَبَيْنِ lawlabayni	اللَّوْلَبَيْنِ al-lawlabayni	لَوْلَبَيْ lawlabay
Genitive	لَوْلَبَيْنِ lawlabayni	اللَّوْلَبَيْنِ al-lawlabayni	لَوْلَبَيْ lawlabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوَالِب lawālib	اللَّوَالِب al-lawālib	لَوَالِب lawālib
Nominative	لَوَالِبُ lawālibu	اللَّوَالِبُ al-lawālibu	لَوَالِبُ lawālibu
Accusative	لَوَالِبَ lawāliba	اللَّوَالِبَ al-lawāliba	لَوَالِبَ lawāliba
Genitive	لَوَالِبَ lawāliba	اللَّوَالِبِ al-lawālibi	لَوَالِبِ lawālibi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “لولب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 137
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لولب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 932
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لولب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1037