لولب

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from Persian لوله‎ (lule, “thing that spins, twists, or rolls; barrel, cylinder; tubing, pipe”) + آب‎ (âb, “water”).

Noun

لَوْلَب • (lawlab) m (plural لَوَالِب‎ (lawālib))

  1. the simple machine called screw
  2. spiral, helix
  3. spiral spring, spring
  4. spiral staircase
  5. (figurative) pivot point
  6. tube, canal
  7. tube of an alembic

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “لولب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 137
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لولب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 932
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “لولب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1037
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