ضربة

Arabic

Root
ض ر ب (ḍ r b)
12 terms

Etymology

Instance noun from ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dˤar.ba/

Noun

ضَرْبَة • (ḍarba) f (plural ضَرَبَات (ḍarabāt))

a blow, a stroke, a hit
a shot, a report of a gun
a punishment, a torment

Declension

Declension of noun **ضَرْبَة** (ḍarba)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَرْبَة ḍarba	الضَّرْبَة aḍ-ḍarba	ضَرْبَة ḍarbat
nominative	ضَرْبَةٌ ḍarbatun	الضَّرْبَةُ aḍ-ḍarbatu	ضَرْبَةُ ḍarbatu
accusative	ضَرْبَةً ḍarbatan	الضَّرْبَةَ aḍ-ḍarbata	ضَرْبَةَ ḍarbata
genitive	ضَرْبَةٍ ḍarbatin	الضَّرْبَةِ aḍ-ḍarbati	ضَرْبَةِ ḍarbati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَرْبَتَيْن ḍarbatayn	الضَّرْبَتَيْن aḍ-ḍarbatayn	ضَرْبَتَيْ ḍarbatay
nominative	ضَرْبَتَانِ ḍarbatāni	الضَّرْبَتَانِ aḍ-ḍarbatāni	ضَرْبَتَا ḍarbatā
accusative	ضَرْبَتَيْنِ ḍarbatayni	الضَّرْبَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarbatayni	ضَرْبَتَيْ ḍarbatay
genitive	ضَرْبَتَيْنِ ḍarbatayni	الضَّرْبَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarbatayni	ضَرْبَتَيْ ḍarbatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَرَبَات ḍarabāt	الضَّرَبَات aḍ-ḍarabāt	ضَرَبَات ḍarabāt
nominative	ضَرَبَاتٌ ḍarabātun	الضَّرَبَاتُ aḍ-ḍarabātu	ضَرَبَاتُ ḍarabātu
accusative	ضَرَبَاتٍ ḍarabātin	الضَّرَبَاتِ aḍ-ḍarabāti	ضَرَبَاتِ ḍarabāti
genitive	ضَرَبَاتٍ ḍarabātin	الضَّرَبَاتِ aḍ-ḍarabāti	ضَرَبَاتِ ḍarabāti

Descendants

Maltese: darba
→ Azerbaijani: zərbə, ضربه
→ Ottoman Turkish: ضربه (żarbe, darbe)
> Turkish: darbe (inherited)
→ Northern Kurdish: zerbe
→ Persian: ضربه
→ Swahili: dhoruba
→ Turkmen: zarba
→ Uyghur: زەربە (zerbe)
→ Uzbek: zarba

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ضربة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen