وباء

Arabic

Root
و ب ء (w-b-ʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.baːʔ/

Noun

وَبَاء • (wabāʔ) m (plural أَوْبِئَة (ʔawbiʔa))

1. epidemic

Declension

Declension of noun وَبَاء (wabāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَبَاء wabāʔ	الْوَبَاء al-wabāʔ	وَبَاء wabāʔ
Nominative	وَبَاءٌ wabāʔun	الْوَبَاءُ al-wabāʔu	وَبَاءُ wabāʔu
Accusative	وَبَاءً wabāʔan	الْوَبَاءَ al-wabāʔa	وَبَاءَ wabāʔa
Genitive	وَبَاءٍ wabāʔin	الْوَبَاءِ al-wabāʔi	وَبَاءِ wabāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَبَاءَيْن wabāʔayn	الْوَبَاءَيْن al-wabāʔayn	وَبَاءَيْ wabāʔay
Nominative	وَبَاءَانِ wabāʔāni	الْوَبَاءَانِ al-wabāʔāni	وَبَاءَا wabāʔā
Accusative	وَبَاءَيْنِ wabāʔayni	الْوَبَاءَيْنِ al-wabāʔayni	وَبَاءَيْ wabāʔay
Genitive	وَبَاءَيْنِ wabāʔayni	الْوَبَاءَيْنِ al-wabāʔayni	وَبَاءَيْ wabāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْبِئَة ʔawbiʔa	الْأَوْبِئَة al-ʔawbiʔa	أَوْبِئَة ʔawbiʔat
Nominative	أَوْبِئَةٌ ʔawbiʔatun	الْأَوْبِئَةُ al-ʔawbiʔatu	أَوْبِئَةُ ʔawbiʔatu
Accusative	أَوْبِئَةً ʔawbiʔatan	الْأَوْبِئَةَ al-ʔawbiʔata	أَوْبِئَةَ ʔawbiʔata
Genitive	أَوْبِئَةٍ ʔawbiʔatin	الْأَوْبِئَةِ al-ʔawbiʔati	أَوْبِئَةِ ʔawbiʔati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vəba
• → Persian: وبا (vabâ)
• → Hindi: वबा (vabā)
• → Indonesian: wabah
• → Kazakh: оба (oba)
• → Malay: wabak
• → Ottoman Turkish: وبا (vebā)

  > Turkish: veba (inherited)

• → Uyghur: ۋابا (waba)
• → Uzbek: vabo

See also

• جَائِحَة (jāʔiḥa, “pandemic”)