بربخ
Arabic
Etymology
From Persian بربر (barbar, “upon, above”) + خان (xân, “house”); originally denoting a drain that brought water from the house-top to the ground.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bar.bax/
Noun
بَرْبَخ • (barbaḵ) m (plural بَرَابِخ (barābiḵ))
- water pipe, drain, culvert, sewer pipe
- epididymis
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرْبَخ barbaḵ |
الْبَرْبَخ al-barbaḵ |
بَرْبَخ barbaḵ |
| nominative | بَرْبَخٌ barbaḵun |
الْبَرْبَخُ al-barbaḵu |
بَرْبَخُ barbaḵu |
| accusative | بَرْبَخًا barbaḵan |
الْبَرْبَخَ al-barbaḵa |
بَرْبَخَ barbaḵa |
| genitive | بَرْبَخٍ barbaḵin |
الْبَرْبَخِ al-barbaḵi |
بَرْبَخِ barbaḵi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بَرْبَخَيْن barbaḵayn |
الْبَرْبَخَيْن al-barbaḵayn |
بَرْبَخَيْ barbaḵay |
| nominative | بَرْبَخَانِ barbaḵāni |
الْبَرْبَخَانِ al-barbaḵāni |
بَرْبَخَا barbaḵā |
| accusative | بَرْبَخَيْنِ barbaḵayni |
الْبَرْبَخَيْنِ al-barbaḵayni |
بَرْبَخَيْ barbaḵay |
| genitive | بَرْبَخَيْنِ barbaḵayni |
الْبَرْبَخَيْنِ al-barbaḵayni |
بَرْبَخَيْ barbaḵay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرَابِخ barābiḵ |
الْبَرَابِخ al-barābiḵ |
بَرَابِخ barābiḵ |
| nominative | بَرَابِخُ barābiḵu |
الْبَرَابِخُ al-barābiḵu |
بَرَابِخُ barābiḵu |
| accusative | بَرَابِخَ barābiḵa |
الْبَرَابِخَ al-barābiḵa |
بَرَابِخَ barābiḵa |
| genitive | بَرَابِخَ barābiḵa |
الْبَرَابِخِ al-barābiḵi |
بَرَابِخِ barābiḵi |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 23
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “بربخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 102
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “بربخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 179.
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “بربخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 62
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بربخ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 77