دابي

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

Derived from Arabic دَبِيب (dabīb, “reptile”). Cognate with Sudanese Arabic دابي (dābi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daː.bi/

Noun

دابي • (dābi) m (plural دبيب (dabīb) or دبايب (dabāyib))

  1. snake
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, عَدد [Numbers] 21:9:
      وَ خَلَاصْ، مُوسَى صَنَعْ دَابِي هَنَا نَحَاسْ وَ رَفَعَهْ فَوْق فِي عُودْ.
      wa ḵalās, mūsa sanaʔ dābi hana nahās wa rafaʔah fōg fi ʔūd.
      So Moses made a snake of copper and put it up on a stick.
    • 2024 April 24 (last accessed), “Al zunub dakhal fi dunia”, in Global Recordings Network‎[2]:
      Al daabi gaal lei maraa da maa seyi: maa timutu.
      The snake said to the woman that this is not true: you won't die.

References

  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎[3] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 36
  • Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 344
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