ألبان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Back-formation from أَلْبَانِيَا (ʔalbāniyā, “Albania”).

Noun

أَلْبَان • (ʔalbān) m pl (collective, singulative أَلْبَانِيّ f (ʔalbāniyy), paucal أَلْبَان (ʔalbān))

Albanians

Declension

Declension of noun **أَلْبَان** (ʔalbān)
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَلْبَان ʔalbān	الْأَلْبَان al-ʔalbān	أَلْبَان ʔalbān
nominative	أَلْبَانٌ ʔalbānun	الْأَلْبَانُ al-ʔalbānu	أَلْبَانُ ʔalbānu
accusative	أَلْبَانًا ʔalbānan	الْأَلْبَانَ al-ʔalbāna	أَلْبَانَ ʔalbāna
genitive	أَلْبَانٍ ʔalbānin	الْأَلْبَانِ al-ʔalbāni	أَلْبَانِ ʔalbāni
singulative	basic singulative triptote
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَلْبَانِي ʔalbānī	الْأَلْبَانِي al-ʔalbānī	أَلْبَانِي ʔalbānī
nominative	أَلْبَانِيٌّ ʔalbāniyyun	الْأَلْبَانِيُّ al-ʔalbāniyyu	أَلْبَانِيُّ ʔalbāniyyu
accusative	أَلْبَانِيًّا ʔalbāniyyan	الْأَلْبَانِيَّ al-ʔalbāniyya	أَلْبَانِيَّ ʔalbāniyya
genitive	أَلْبَانِيٍّ ʔalbāniyyin	الْأَلْبَانِيِّ al-ʔalbāniyyi	أَلْبَانِيِّ ʔalbāniyyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَلْبَانِيَّيْن ʔalbāniyyayn	الْأَلْبَانِيَّيْن al-ʔalbāniyyayn	أَلْبَانِيَّيْ ʔalbāniyyay
nominative	أَلْبَانِيَّانِ ʔalbāniyyāni	الْأَلْبَانِيَّانِ al-ʔalbāniyyāni	أَلْبَانِيَّا ʔalbāniyyā
accusative	أَلْبَانِيَّيْنِ ʔalbāniyyayni	الْأَلْبَانِيَّيْنِ al-ʔalbāniyyayni	أَلْبَانِيَّيْ ʔalbāniyyay
genitive	أَلْبَانِيَّيْنِ ʔalbāniyyayni	الْأَلْبَانِيَّيْنِ al-ʔalbāniyyayni	أَلْبَانِيَّيْ ʔalbāniyyay
paucal (3-10)	basic broken paucal triptote
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَلْبَان ʔalbān	الْأَلْبَان al-ʔalbān	أَلْبَان ʔalbān
nominative	أَلْبَانٌ ʔalbānun	الْأَلْبَانُ al-ʔalbānu	أَلْبَانُ ʔalbānu
accusative	أَلْبَانًا ʔalbānan	الْأَلْبَانَ al-ʔalbāna	أَلْبَانَ ʔalbāna
genitive	أَلْبَانٍ ʔalbānin	الْأَلْبَانِ al-ʔalbāni	أَلْبَانِ ʔalbāni

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “ألبان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

أَلْبَان • (ʔalbān) m pl

plural of لَبَن (laban)

Adjective

أَلْبَان • (ʔalbān) m pl

masculine plural of أَلْبَانِيّ (ʔalbāniyy)