تراب

See also: برات‎ and تراث‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

تُرْبَة‎ (turba)

Etymology

From the root ت ر ب‎ (t-r-b).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tu.raːb/
- (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /traːb/

Noun

تُرَاب • (turāb) m (plural أَتْرِبَة‎ (ʔatriba) or تِرْبَان‎ (tirbān))

earth, soil, ground, dust (organic material, sand, etc., which covers the land)
(figurative) land, territory, soil
‏أَرادَت أَن تَرْجِعَ إلَى تُرابِ الوَطَن.‎‎
ʔarādat ʔan tarjiʕa ʔilā turābi al-waṭan.
She wanted to return to the homeland’s soil.

Declension

Declension of noun تُرَاب (turāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرَاب turāb	التُّرَاب‎ at-turāb	تُرَاب turāb
Nominative	تُرَابٌ turābun	التُّرَابُ‎ at-turābu	تُرَابُ turābu
Accusative	تُرَابًا‎ turāban	التُّرَابَ‎ at-turāba	تُرَابَ turāba
Genitive	تُرَابٍ turābin	التُّرَابِ‎ at-turābi	تُرَابِ turābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرَابَيْن‎ turābayn	التُّرَابَيْن‎ at-turābayn	تُرَابَيْ‎ turābay
Nominative	تُرَابَانِ‎ turābāni	التُّرَابَانِ‎ at-turābāni	تُرَابَا‎ turābā
Accusative	تُرَابَيْنِ‎ turābayni	التُّرَابَيْنِ‎ at-turābayni	تُرَابَيْ‎ turābay
Genitive	تُرَابَيْنِ‎ turābayni	التُّرَابَيْنِ‎ at-turābayni	تُرَابَيْ‎ turābay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَتْرِبَة‎‎; تِرْبَان‎ ʔatriba‎; tirbān	الْأَتْرِبَة‎‎; التِّرْبَان‎ al-ʔatriba‎; at-tirbān	أَتْرِبَة‎‎; تِرْبَان‎ ʔatribat‎; tirbān
Nominative	أَتْرِبَةٌ‎‎; تِرْبَانٌ‎ ʔatribatun‎; tirbānun	الْأَتْرِبَةُ‎‎; التِّرْبَانُ‎ al-ʔatribatu‎; at-tirbānu	أَتْرِبَةُ‎‎; تِرْبَانُ‎ ʔatribatu‎; tirbānu
Accusative	أَتْرِبَةً‎‎; تِرْبَانًا‎ ʔatribatan‎; tirbānan	الْأَتْرِبَةَ‎‎; التِّرْبَانَ‎ al-ʔatribata‎; at-tirbāna	أَتْرِبَةَ‎‎; تِرْبَانَ‎ ʔatribata‎; tirbāna
Genitive	أَتْرِبَةٍ‎‎; تِرْبَانٍ‎ ʔatribatin‎; tirbānin	الْأَتْرِبَةِ‎‎; التِّرْبَانِ‎ al-ʔatribati‎; at-tirbāni	أَتْرِبَةِ‎‎; تِرْبَانِ‎ ʔatribati‎; tirbāni

Descendants

Maltese: trab

References

Freytag, Georg (1830), “تراب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 188
Lane, Edward William (1863), “تراب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 301
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “تراب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 168
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “تراب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 137

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