مطب

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed in the twentieth century from dialects, where there exists a verb طَبَّ‎ (“to come down, to land, to arrive, to hit”) and the place noun also means “place, stead”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.tˤabb/

Noun

مَطَبّ • (maṭabb) m (plural مَطَبَّات‎ (maṭabbāt))

bump, hump, pocket, something that decelerates
‏مَطَبّ هَوَائِيّ‎ ― maṭabb hawāʔiyy ― air pocket

‏مَطَبّ السُّرْعَة‎ ― maṭabb as-surʕa ― speed bump

Declension

Declension of noun مَطَبّ (maṭabb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَبّ maṭabb	الْمَطَبّ‎ al-maṭabb	مَطَبّ maṭabb
Nominative	مَطَبٌّ maṭabbun	الْمَطَبُّ‎ al-maṭabbu	مَطَبُّ maṭabbu
Accusative	مَطَبًّا‎ maṭabban	الْمَطَبَّ‎ al-maṭabba	مَطَبَّ maṭabba
Genitive	مَطَبٍّ maṭabbin	الْمَطَبِّ‎ al-maṭabbi	مَطَبِّ maṭabbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَبَّيْن‎ maṭabbayn	الْمَطَبَّيْن‎ al-maṭabbayn	مَطَبَّيْ‎ maṭabbay
Nominative	مَطَبَّانِ‎ maṭabbāni	الْمَطَبَّانِ‎ al-maṭabbāni	مَطَبَّا‎ maṭabbā
Accusative	مَطَبَّيْنِ‎ maṭabbayni	الْمَطَبَّيْنِ‎ al-maṭabbayni	مَطَبَّيْ‎ maṭabbay
Genitive	مَطَبَّيْنِ‎ maṭabbayni	الْمَطَبَّيْنِ‎ al-maṭabbayni	مَطَبَّيْ‎ maṭabbay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَبَّات‎ maṭabbāt	الْمَطَبَّات‎ al-maṭabbāt	مَطَبَّات‎ maṭabbāt
Nominative	مَطَبَّاتٌ‎ maṭabbātun	الْمَطَبَّاتُ‎ al-maṭabbātu	مَطَبَّاتُ‎ maṭabbātu
Accusative	مَطَبَّاتٍ‎ maṭabbātin	الْمَطَبَّاتِ‎ al-maṭabbāti	مَطَبَّاتِ‎ maṭabbāti
Genitive	مَطَبَّاتٍ‎ maṭabbātin	الْمَطَبَّاتِ‎ al-maṭabbāti	مَطَبَّاتِ‎ maṭabbāti

References

Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “مطب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 763

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