ذئبة

Arabic

Etymology

ذِئْب (ḏiʔb) +‎ ـَة (-a)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðiʔ.ba/

Noun

ذِئْبَة • (ḏiʔba) f (plural ذِئْبَات (ḏiʔbāt))

she-wolf
(obsolete) the disease vives
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, page 603:
  – compare
  c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, page 593:
the disease lupus

Declension

Declension of noun **ذِئْبَة** (ḏiʔba)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ذِئْبَة ḏiʔba	الذِّئْبَة aḏ-ḏiʔba	ذِئْبَة ḏiʔbat
nominative	ذِئْبَةٌ ḏiʔbatun	الذِّئْبَةُ aḏ-ḏiʔbatu	ذِئْبَةُ ḏiʔbatu
accusative	ذِئْبَةً ḏiʔbatan	الذِّئْبَةَ aḏ-ḏiʔbata	ذِئْبَةَ ḏiʔbata
genitive	ذِئْبَةٍ ḏiʔbatin	الذِّئْبَةِ aḏ-ḏiʔbati	ذِئْبَةِ ḏiʔbati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ذِئْبَتَيْن ḏiʔbatayn	الذِّئْبَتَيْن aḏ-ḏiʔbatayn	ذِئْبَتَيْ ḏiʔbatay
nominative	ذِئْبَتَانِ ḏiʔbatāni	الذِّئْبَتَانِ aḏ-ḏiʔbatāni	ذِئْبَتَا ḏiʔbatā
accusative	ذِئْبَتَيْنِ ḏiʔbatayni	الذِّئْبَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbatayni	ذِئْبَتَيْ ḏiʔbatay
genitive	ذِئْبَتَيْنِ ḏiʔbatayni	الذِّئْبَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbatayni	ذِئْبَتَيْ ḏiʔbatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ذِئْبَات ḏiʔbāt	الذِّئْبَات aḏ-ḏiʔbāt	ذِئْبَات ḏiʔbāt
nominative	ذِئْبَاتٌ ḏiʔbātun	الذِّئْبَاتُ aḏ-ḏiʔbātu	ذِئْبَاتُ ḏiʔbātu
accusative	ذِئْبَاتٍ ḏiʔbātin	الذِّئْبَاتِ aḏ-ḏiʔbāti	ذِئْبَاتِ ḏiʔbāti
genitive	ذِئْبَاتٍ ḏiʔbātin	الذِّئْبَاتِ aḏ-ḏiʔbāti	ذِئْبَاتِ ḏiʔbāti

Descendants

→ Old Spanish: adivas, abivas, adinas
- Spanish: abivas
- → Catalan: adives, avives
- → Old French: avives, vives
  - French: avives
  - → English: vives

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe‎^[1] (in French), 2^nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذئبة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78