مطب
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed in the twentieth century from dialects, where there exists a verb طَبَّ (“to come down, to land, to arrive, to hit”) and the place noun also means “place, stead”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.tˤabb/
Noun
مَطَبّ • (maṭabb) m (plural مَطَبَّات (maṭabbāt))
- bump, hump, pocket, something that decelerates
- مَطَبّ هَوَائِيّ ― maṭabb hawāʔiyy ― air pocket
- مَطَبّ السُّرْعَة ― maṭabb as-surʕa ― speed bump
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَطَبّ maṭabb |
الْمَطَبّ al-maṭabb |
مَطَبّ maṭabb |
| nominative | مَطَبٌّ maṭabbun |
الْمَطَبُّ al-maṭabbu |
مَطَبُّ maṭabbu |
| accusative | مَطَبًّا maṭabban |
الْمَطَبَّ al-maṭabba |
مَطَبَّ maṭabba |
| genitive | مَطَبٍّ maṭabbin |
الْمَطَبِّ al-maṭabbi |
مَطَبِّ maṭabbi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مَطَبَّيْن maṭabbayn |
الْمَطَبَّيْن al-maṭabbayn |
مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay |
| nominative | مَطَبَّانِ maṭabbāni |
الْمَطَبَّانِ al-maṭabbāni |
مَطَبَّا maṭabbā |
| accusative | مَطَبَّيْنِ maṭabbayni |
الْمَطَبَّيْنِ al-maṭabbayni |
مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay |
| genitive | مَطَبَّيْنِ maṭabbayni |
الْمَطَبَّيْنِ al-maṭabbayni |
مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَطَبَّات maṭabbāt |
الْمَطَبَّات al-maṭabbāt |
مَطَبَّات maṭabbāt |
| nominative | مَطَبَّاتٌ maṭabbātun |
الْمَطَبَّاتُ al-maṭabbātu |
مَطَبَّاتُ maṭabbātu |
| accusative | مَطَبَّاتٍ maṭabbātin |
الْمَطَبَّاتِ al-maṭabbāti |
مَطَبَّاتِ maṭabbāti |
| genitive | مَطَبَّاتٍ maṭabbātin |
الْمَطَبَّاتِ al-maṭabbāti |
مَطَبَّاتِ maṭabbāti |
References
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مطب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 763
Persian
Etymology
Pseudo-Arabism from the Arabic root ط ب ب (ṭ b b).
Pronunciation
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.t̪ʰǽb̥]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | matab |
Noun
| Dari | معاینهخانه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | مطب |
| Tajik |
مطب • (matab)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مطب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim