درباس

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • دِرْوَاس‎ (dirwās), دِرْنَاس‎ (dirnās)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دروازی‎ (darvâzi, “warden”) suffixed from درواز‎ (darvâz), دروازه‎ (darvâza, “doors, gate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dir.baːs/

Noun

دِرْبَاس • (dirbās) m (Classical Arabic)

  1. lion
    Synonyms: أَسَد‎ (ʔasad), لَيْث‎ (layṯ), ضُرْغَام‎ (ḍurḡām); see also Thesaurus:أسد
  2. rabid dog
  3. brave
    Synonyms: شُجَاع‎ (šujāʕ), بَاسِل‎ (bāsil), مِقْدَام‎ (miqdām)

Declension
Declension of noun دِرْبَاس (dirbās)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِرْبَاس
dirbās		 الدِّرْبَاس‎
ad-dirbās		 دِرْبَاس
dirbās
Nominative دِرْبَاسٌ
dirbāsun		 الدِّرْبَاسُ‎
ad-dirbāsu		 دِرْبَاسُ
dirbāsu
Accusative دِرْبَاسًا‎
dirbāsan		 الدِّرْبَاسَ‎
ad-dirbāsa		 دِرْبَاسَ
dirbāsa
Genitive دِرْبَاسٍ
dirbāsin		 الدِّرْبَاسِ‎
ad-dirbāsi		 دِرْبَاسِ
dirbāsi

Descendants
  • Algerian Arabic: طاروس‎
  • Andalusian Arabic: طروس‎ (ṭarūs, “dog”)
  • Maltese: dorbies, dirbies, durbies, dirwies
  • Moroccan Arabic: طاروس‎ (ṭāṛōs, “hunting-dog”)

References
  • Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 808
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