إردب
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic אַרְדְּבָא / ܐܪܕܒܐ (ʾardəḇā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒁕𒁉 (/ardabu/, “capacity measure of about 56 litres”), whence also Ancient Greek ἀρτάβη (artábē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Arabic) IPA(key): /ʔir.dabb/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʔar.dabb/
Noun
إِرْدَبّ • (ʔirdabb) m (plural أَرَادِب (ʔarādib))
- a dry measure, artab, chiefly used in Egypt and varying but fixed in the 20th century at 198 liters
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِرْدَبّ ʔirdabb |
الْإِرْدَبّ al-ʔirdabb |
إِرْدَبّ ʔirdabb |
| nominative | إِرْدَبٌّ ʔirdabbun |
الْإِرْدَبُّ al-ʔirdabbu |
إِرْدَبُّ ʔirdabbu |
| accusative | إِرْدَبًّا ʔirdabban |
الْإِرْدَبَّ al-ʔirdabba |
إِرْدَبَّ ʔirdabba |
| genitive | إِرْدَبٍّ ʔirdabbin |
الْإِرْدَبِّ al-ʔirdabbi |
إِرْدَبِّ ʔirdabbi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | إِرْدَبَّيْن ʔirdabbayn |
الْإِرْدَبَّيْن al-ʔirdabbayn |
إِرْدَبَّيْ ʔirdabbay |
| nominative | إِرْدَبَّانِ ʔirdabbāni |
الْإِرْدَبَّانِ al-ʔirdabbāni |
إِرْدَبَّا ʔirdabbā |
| accusative | إِرْدَبَّيْنِ ʔirdabbayni |
الْإِرْدَبَّيْنِ al-ʔirdabbayni |
إِرْدَبَّيْ ʔirdabbay |
| genitive | إِرْدَبَّيْنِ ʔirdabbayni |
الْإِرْدَبَّيْنِ al-ʔirdabbayni |
إِرْدَبَّيْ ʔirdabbay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَرَادِب ʔarādib |
الْأَرَادِب al-ʔarādib |
أَرَادِب ʔarādib |
| nominative | أَرَادِبُ ʔarādibu |
الْأَرَادِبُ al-ʔarādibu |
أَرَادِبُ ʔarādibu |
| accusative | أَرَادِبَ ʔarādiba |
الْأَرَادِبَ al-ʔarādiba |
أَرَادِبَ ʔarādiba |
| genitive | أَرَادِبَ ʔarādiba |
الْأَرَادِبِ al-ʔarādibi |
أَرَادِبِ ʔarādibi |
Descendants
- → English: ardeb
- → Ge'ez: አርደብ (ʾärdäb)