veba
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).
Noun
veba (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
- plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)
- Synonym: taun
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | veba | vebalar |
| genitive | vebanıñ | vebalarnıñ |
| dative | vebağa | vebalarğa |
| accusative | vebanı | vebalarnı |
| locative | vebada | vebalarda |
| ablative | vebadan | vebalardan |
References
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وبا (veba), from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ, “epidemic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veˈbaː/
- Hyphenation: ve‧ba
Noun
veba (definite accusative vebayı, plural vebalar)
- plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)
- Synonym: taum
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | veba | vebalar |
| definite accusative | vebayı | vebaları |
| dative | vebaya | vebalara |
| locative | vebada | vebalarda |
| ablative | vebadan | vebalardan |
| genitive | vebanın | vebaların |
Derived terms
- vebalı
Further reading
- “veba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “veba”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “veba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN