مطب
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed in the twentieth century from dialects, where there exists a verb طَبَّ (“to come down, to land, to arrive, to hit”) and the place noun also means “place, stead”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
مَطَبّ • (maṭabb) m (plural مَطَبَّات (maṭabbāt))
- bump, hump, pocket, something that decelerates
- مَطَبّ هَوَائِيّ ― maṭabb hawāʔiyy ― air pocket
- مَطَبّ السُّرْعَة ― maṭabb as-surʕa ― speed bump
Declension edit
Declension of noun مَطَبّ (maṭabb)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَطَبّ maṭabb |
الْمَطَبّ al-maṭabb |
مَطَبّ maṭabb |
| Nominative | مَطَبٌّ maṭabbun |
الْمَطَبُّ al-maṭabbu |
مَطَبُّ maṭabbu |
| Accusative | مَطَبًّا maṭabban |
الْمَطَبَّ al-maṭabba |
مَطَبَّ maṭabba |
| Genitive | مَطَبٍّ maṭabbin |
الْمَطَبِّ al-maṭabbi |
مَطَبِّ maṭabbi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَطَبَّيْن maṭabbayn |
الْمَطَبَّيْن al-maṭabbayn |
مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay |
| Nominative | مَطَبَّانِ maṭabbāni |
الْمَطَبَّانِ al-maṭabbāni |
مَطَبَّا maṭabbā |
| Accusative | مَطَبَّيْنِ maṭabbayni |
الْمَطَبَّيْنِ al-maṭabbayni |
مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay |
| Genitive | مَطَبَّيْنِ maṭabbayni |
الْمَطَبَّيْنِ al-maṭabbayni |
مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَطَبَّات maṭabbāt |
الْمَطَبَّات al-maṭabbāt |
مَطَبَّات maṭabbāt |
| Nominative | مَطَبَّاتٌ maṭabbātun |
الْمَطَبَّاتُ al-maṭabbātu |
مَطَبَّاتُ maṭabbātu |
| Accusative | مَطَبَّاتٍ maṭabbātin |
الْمَطَبَّاتِ al-maṭabbāti |
مَطَبَّاتِ maṭabbāti |
| Genitive | مَطَبَّاتٍ maṭabbātin |
الْمَطَبَّاتِ al-maṭabbāti |
مَطَبَّاتِ maṭabbāti |