تابوت

Arabic

FWOTD – 18 November 2013

Alternative forms

  • تَابُوه (tābūh) — extinct Anṣār dialect
  • تَاوْبُوت (tāwbūt) — extinct Quraysh dialect

Etymology

From earlier تَوَبُوت (tawabūt) or تَاوْبُوَّة (tāwbuwwa), from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ (tēḇūṯā) or Ge'ez ታቦት (tabot). Cognate with Hebrew תיבה (tevá).

Ultimately from a merger of Egyptian

(ḏbꜣt, “sarcophagus, coffin”) and

(dbt, “chest, box”); compare Demotic tbyt (“sarcophagus, shrine, chest”), dbt, and tbt (“chest”) and Coptic ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ (taibe, “chest, coffin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taː.buːt/

Noun

تَابُوت • (tābūt) m (plural تَوَابِيت (tawābīt))

  1. box, case, chest, coffer, ark
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:39:
      أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِي ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِي ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ
      ʔani qḏifīhi fi t-tābūti fa-qḏifīhi fi l-yammi fa-lyulqihi l-yammu bi-s-sāḥili
      Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank.
  2. coffin, casket, sarcophagus
    مَاذَا وَرَاءَ حِكَايَةِ ٱكْتِشَافِ تَابُوتِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فِي ٱلْقُدْسِ؟
    māḏā warāʔa ḥikāyati ktišāfi tābūti l-masīḥi fi l-qudsi?
    What's behind the story of the discovery of the coffin of Christ in Jerusalem?

Declension

Declension of noun تَابُوت (tābūt)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal تَابُوت
tābūt 		التَّابُوت
at-tābūt 		تَابُوت
tābūt
nominative تَابُوتٌ
tābūtun 		التَّابُوتُ
at-tābūtu 		تَابُوتُ
tābūtu
accusative تَابُوتًا
tābūtan 		التَّابُوتَ
at-tābūta 		تَابُوتَ
tābūta
genitive تَابُوتٍ
tābūtin 		التَّابُوتِ
at-tābūti 		تَابُوتِ
tābūti
dual indefinite definite construct
informal تَابُوتَيْن
tābūtayn 		التَّابُوتَيْن
at-tābūtayn 		تَابُوتَيْ
tābūtay
nominative تَابُوتَانِ
tābūtāni 		التَّابُوتَانِ
at-tābūtāni 		تَابُوتَا
tābūtā
accusative تَابُوتَيْنِ
tābūtayni 		التَّابُوتَيْنِ
at-tābūtayni 		تَابُوتَيْ
tābūtay
genitive تَابُوتَيْنِ
tābūtayni 		التَّابُوتَيْنِ
at-tābūtayni 		تَابُوتَيْ
tābūtay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal تَوَابِيت
tawābīt 		التَّوَابِيت
at-tawābīt 		تَوَابِيت
tawābīt
nominative تَوَابِيتُ
tawābītu 		التَّوَابِيتُ
at-tawābītu 		تَوَابِيتُ
tawābītu
accusative تَوَابِيتَ
tawābīta 		التَّوَابِيتَ
at-tawābīta 		تَوَابِيتَ
tawābīta
genitive تَوَابِيتَ
tawābīta 		التَّوَابِيتِ
at-tawābīti 		تَوَابِيتِ
tawābīti

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • تَابُوت اَلْعَهْد (tābūt al-ʕahd, “Ark of the Covenant”)
  • تَابُوت رَفْعِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ (tābūt rafʕi l-miyāhi, “Archimedean screw”)

Descendants

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt), from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ (tēḇūṯā), ultimately from a merger of Egyptian


ḏbꜣt (“sarcophagus, coffin”) and

ṯb (“chest, box”).

Noun

تابوت • (tabut) (definite accusative تابوتی (tabutu), plural توابیت (tevâbit))

  1. coffin, casket, burial case, a closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial

Derived terms

  • تابوت السكینه (tabutüʼl-sekine, “ark of the covenant”)
  • تابوت العهد (tabutüʼl-ʼahd, “ark of the covenant”)
  • تابوتلاتمق (tabutlatmak, “to make or let be put in a coffin”)
  • تابوتلامق (tabutlamak, “to put in a coffin”)
  • تابوتلانمق (tabutlanmak, “to be put in a coffin”)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tābūt
Dari reading? tābūt
Iranian reading? tâbut
Tajik reading? tobut

Noun

تابوت • (tâbut)

  1. coffin
    Synonym: نعش (na'š)
    یا تخت یا تابوت
    yâ taxt yâ tâbut
    either the throne or the coffin
    (aphorism about the dangers of succession wars)

Further reading

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