درباس
Arabic
Alternative forms
- دِرْوَاس (dirwās), دِرْنَاس (dirnās)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دروازی (darvâzi, “warden”) suffixed from درواز (darvâz), دروازه (darvâza, “doors, gate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dir.baːs/
Noun
دِرْبَاس • (dirbās) m (Classical Arabic)
- lion
- Synonyms: أَسَد (ʔasad), لَيْث (layṯ), ضُرْغَام (ḍurḡām); see also Thesaurus:أسد
- rabid dog
- brave
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دِرْبَاس dirbās |
الدِّرْبَاس ad-dirbās |
دِرْبَاس dirbās |
| nominative | دِرْبَاسٌ dirbāsun |
الدِّرْبَاسُ ad-dirbāsu |
دِرْبَاسُ dirbāsu |
| accusative | دِرْبَاسًا dirbāsan |
الدِّرْبَاسَ ad-dirbāsa |
دِرْبَاسَ dirbāsa |
| genitive | دِرْبَاسٍ dirbāsin |
الدِّرْبَاسِ ad-dirbāsi |
دِرْبَاسِ dirbāsi |
Descendants
- Algerian Arabic: طاروس
- Andalusian Arabic: طروس (ṭarūs, “dog”)
- Maltese: dorbies, dirbies, durbies, dirwies
- Moroccan Arabic: طاروس (ṭāṛōs, “hunting-dog”)
References
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 808