ء د ب

Arabic

Root

ء د ب • (ʔ-d-b)

  1. related to education and manners.

Derived terms

  • Form I: أَدُبَ‎ (ʔaduba, “to be well-bred, well-mannered, cultured, urbane, have refined tastes”)
  • Form I: أَدَبَ‎ (ʔadaba, “to invite (to a party or banquet), entertain”)
  • Form II: أَدَّبَ‎ (ʔaddaba, “to refine, educate; to discipline, punish, chastise”)
  • Form IV: آدَبَ‎ (ʔādaba, “to invite as a guest”)
  • Form V: تَأَدَّبَ‎ (taʔaddaba, “to receive a fine education; to be well-bred, well-educated; to show oneself polite, courteous; to educate oneself, refine one's tastes (ب, by, through); to let oneself be guided (ب, by)”)
    • Verbal noun: تَأَدُّب‎ (taʔaddub)
    • Active participle: مُتَأَدِّب‎ (mutaʔaddib)
    • Passive participle: مُتَأَدَّب‎ (mutaʔaddab)
Nouns and adjectives
  • أَدَب‎ (ʔadab, “culture, refinement; good manners; the humanities”)
  • أَدَبِيّ‎ (ʔadabiyy, “moral, ethical; literary”)
  • أَدَبِيَّات‎ (ʔadabiyyāt, “literature, humanities”)
  • أَدَبْخَانَة‎ (ʔadabḵāna, “toilet”)
  • أَدِيب‎ (ʔadīb, “cultured, refined, educated; well-bred, well-mannered; man of culture; man of letters, writer, author”)
  • أَدِيبَة‎ (ʔadība, “female author”)
  • مَأْدُبَة‎ (maʔduba, “banquet, formal dinner”)
  • تَأْدِيب‎ (taʔdīb, “education; discipline; punishment, chastisement”)
  • تَأْدِيبِيّ‎ (taʔdībiyy, “disciplinary; punitive, retaliatory”)
  • تَأَدُّب‎ (taʔaddub, “good breeding, good manners, civility, politeness, tact”)
  • آدِب‎ (ʔādib, “host”)
  • مُؤَدِّب‎ (muʔaddib, “educator, teacher in Koranic school”)
  • مُؤَدَّب‎ (muʔaddab, “well-bred, well-mannered, civil, urbane”)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1960), “ء د ب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 9-10
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