طوب

See also: طوت‎ and طوپ‎

Arabic

FWOTD – 24 September 2016

Etymology

From Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic tb (“brick”), from Egyptian ḏbt (“brick, block, ingot”):

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potentially related to Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤuːb/

Noun

طُوب • (ṭūb) m (collective, singulative طُوبَة‎ f (ṭūba))

(collective) brick, baked brick, adobe
- 2013, Amr Sohsah, Youm7, :
  ‏أناشد وزير البترول حل مشاكل مصانع طوب زفتى‎
  ʾunāšidu wazīra l-bitrūli ḥalla mašākili maṣāniʿi ṭūbi ziftā
  I appeal to the minster of petrol to solve the problems of the brick factories of Zefta

Declension

Declension of noun طُوب (ṭūb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُوب ṭūb	الطُّوب‎ aṭ-ṭūb	طُوب ṭūb
Nominative	طُوبٌ ṭūbun	الطُّوبُ‎ aṭ-ṭūbu	طُوبُ ṭūbu
Accusative	طُوبًا‎ ṭūban	الطُّوبَ‎ aṭ-ṭūba	طُوبَ ṭūba
Genitive	طُوبٍ ṭūbin	الطُّوبِ‎ aṭ-ṭūbi	طُوبِ ṭūbi

Synonyms

آجُرّ‎ (ʔājurr)
لَبِن‎ (labin)
قِرْمِيد‎ (qirmīd)

Derived terms

طَوَّاب‎ (ṭawwāb)
طُوب أَحْمَر‎ (ṭūb ʔaḥmar)
طُوب مُفَرَّغ‎ (ṭūb mufarraḡ)
طُوب نَيّ‎ (ṭūb nayy)

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: طوب‎ (ṭūb), طوبة‎ (ṭūba)
Juba Arabic: tub
Moroccan Arabic: طوب‎ (ṭūb), طوبة‎ (ṭūba)
→ Amharic: ጡብ (ṭub), እጡብ (ʾəṭub)
→ Catalan: tova
→ French: toub
→ Spanish: adobe
- → Aragonese: adoba
- → Asturian: adobe
- → Basque: adobe
- → Dutch: adobe
- → English: adobe
- → Esperanto: adobo
- → French: adobe
- → Galician: adobe
- → Irish: adóib
- → Italian: adobe
- → Norwegian: adobe
- → Portuguese: adobe
- → Serbo-Croatian: adobe / адобе
- → Tagalog: adobe

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