عنب

See also: عنت and غنت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ن ب (ʕ n b), from Proto-Semitic *ʿanbab- (fruit, flower, shoot), ultimately Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿanbab- (plant, flower). Akin to Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb, jujube), Hebrew עֵנָב (ʿēnāḇ, grape), Hebrew עֲנָבָה (ʿănāḇā), Aramaic עֲנָבָא (ʿănnāḇā, stalk of grapes), עִנְּבָא (ʿinneḇā, cluster of grapes), עִנְבְּתָא (ʿinbəṯā, berry), Classical Syriac ܥܷܢܒ݂݁ܳܬܐ (ʿinbəṯā, berry), Ugaritic 𐎙𐎐𐎁 (ġnb, grape(s)), Sabaean 𐩲𐩬𐩨 (ʿnb, vineyard), Ge'ez ሕንባብ (ḥənbab), ሕባብ (ḥəbab, grape; grain), and thus حَبّ (ḥabb, seed), and Akkadian 𒄧 (inbum, fruit) with its many derivatives.

Pronunciation

Noun

عِنَب • (ʕinabm (collective, singulative عِنَبَة f (ʕinaba), plural أَعْنَاب (ʔaʕnāb))

  1. (collective) grapes

Declension

Declension of noun عِنَب (ʕinab)
collective basic collective triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عِنَب
ʕinab
الْعِنَب
al-ʕinab
عِنَب
ʕinab
nominative عِنَبٌ
ʕinabun
الْعِنَبُ
al-ʕinabu
عِنَبُ
ʕinabu
accusative عِنَبًا
ʕinaban
الْعِنَبَ
al-ʕinaba
عِنَبَ
ʕinaba
genitive عِنَبٍ
ʕinabin
الْعِنَبِ
al-ʕinabi
عِنَبِ
ʕinabi
singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal عِنَبَة
ʕinaba
الْعِنَبَة
al-ʕinaba
عِنَبَة
ʕinabat
nominative عِنَبَةٌ
ʕinabatun
الْعِنَبَةُ
al-ʕinabatu
عِنَبَةُ
ʕinabatu
accusative عِنَبَةً
ʕinabatan
الْعِنَبَةَ
al-ʕinabata
عِنَبَةَ
ʕinabata
genitive عِنَبَةٍ
ʕinabatin
الْعِنَبَةِ
al-ʕinabati
عِنَبَةِ
ʕinabati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal عِنَبَتَيْن
ʕinabatayn
الْعِنَبَتَيْن
al-ʕinabatayn
عِنَبَتَيْ
ʕinabatay
nominative عِنَبَتَانِ
ʕinabatāni
الْعِنَبَتَانِ
al-ʕinabatāni
عِنَبَتَا
ʕinabatā
accusative عِنَبَتَيْنِ
ʕinabatayni
الْعِنَبَتَيْنِ
al-ʕinabatayni
عِنَبَتَيْ
ʕinabatay
genitive عِنَبَتَيْنِ
ʕinabatayni
الْعِنَبَتَيْنِ
al-ʕinabatayni
عِنَبَتَيْ
ʕinabatay
paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
indefinite definite construct
informal عِنَبَات
ʕinabāt
الْعِنَبَات
al-ʕinabāt
عِنَبَات
ʕinabāt
nominative عِنَبَاتٌ
ʕinabātun
الْعِنَبَاتُ
al-ʕinabātu
عِنَبَاتُ
ʕinabātu
accusative عِنَبَاتٍ
ʕinabātin
الْعِنَبَاتِ
al-ʕinabāti
عِنَبَاتِ
ʕinabāti
genitive عِنَبَاتٍ
ʕinabātin
الْعِنَبَاتِ
al-ʕinabāti
عِنَبَاتِ
ʕinabāti
plural of variety basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَعْنَاب
ʔaʕnāb
الْأَعْنَاب
al-ʔaʕnāb
أَعْنَاب
ʔaʕnāb
nominative أَعْنَابٌ
ʔaʕnābun
الْأَعْنَابُ
al-ʔaʕnābu
أَعْنَابُ
ʔaʕnābu
accusative أَعْنَابًا
ʔaʕnāban
الْأَعْنَابَ
al-ʔaʕnāba
أَعْنَابَ
ʔaʕnāba
genitive أَعْنَابٍ
ʔaʕnābin
الْأَعْنَابِ
al-ʔaʕnābi
أَعْنَابِ
ʔaʕnābi

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: għeneb
  • Amharic: ዒነብ (ʿinäb)
  • Hausa: inàbī
  • Ottoman Turkish: عنب (ineb)
  • Persian: عنب ('enab)
  • Tigre: ዕነብ (ʿənäb)
  • Urdu: عنب (ineb)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕu.nab/, [ʕʊ.nab]

Noun

عنب • (ʕunabm (collective, singulative عُنَبَة f (ʕunaba))

  1. (uncountable) grapes

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab, grapes), from Proto-Semitic *ʿanbab- (fruit, flower, shoot).

Noun

عنب • (ʼineb) (definite accusative عنبی (ʼinebi), plural اعناب (eʼnâb))

  1. grape, a small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit of the genus Vitis, that grows in bunches on vines
    Synonyms: انكور (engûr), اوزوم (üzüm)

Derived terms

  • عنب الثعلب (ʼinebüʼs-saʼleb, common nightshade)
  • عنب الحیه (ʼinebüʼl-hayye, bittersweet nightshade)
  • عنب الدب (ʼinebüʼd-düb, bearberry)
  • عنب الذنب (ʼinebüʼl-zeneb, common nightshade)
  • عنب بنت (ʼineb-i bint, wine, literally daughter of the grape)
  • عنبه (ʼinebe, grape berry)
  • عنبی (ʼinebî, grapey)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? inab
Dari reading? inab
Iranian reading? enab
Tajik reading? inab

Noun

عنب • (enab)

  1. grape
    Synonym: انگور (angur)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[6]:
      مستی به آب یک دو عنب وضع بنده نیست
      من سالخورده پیر خرابات پرورم
      mastī ba āb-i yak du inab waz'-i banda nēst
      man sālxwarda pīr-i xarābāt parwaram
      Being drunk from the juice of a grape or two is not my condition;
      I am a venerable old man who was brought up in the taverns.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عنب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕi.nib/, [ˈʕɪ.neb]
  • IPA(key): /ʕu.nub/, [ˈʕʊ.nob]
  • Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

Noun

عنب • (ʕineb, ʕunobm (collective, singulative عنبة f (ʕinbe, ʕunbe))

  1. (uncountable) grapes
    عنبة / حبة عنبʕinbe / ḥabbet ʕineba grape

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

Noun

عِنَب • ('inabm (Hindi spelling इनब)

  1. grape (fruit)
    Synonym: انگور (angūr)
  2. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)