ذئب

See also: ذيب‎, ديب‎, دیپ‎, and دیت‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðiʔb/

Noun

ذِئْب • (ḏiʔb) m (plural ذِئَاب‎ (ḏiʔāb) or ذُؤْبَان‎ (ḏuʔbān))

wolf
golden jackal (Canis aureus)

Declension

Declension of noun ذِئْب (ḏiʔb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْب ḏiʔb	الذِّئْب‎ aḏ-ḏiʔb	ذِئْب ḏiʔb
Nominative	ذِئْبٌ ḏiʔbun	الذِّئْبُ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔbu	ذِئْبُ ḏiʔbu
Accusative	ذِئْبًا‎ ḏiʔban	الذِّئْبَ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔba	ذِئْبَ ḏiʔba
Genitive	ذِئْبٍ ḏiʔbin	الذِّئْبِ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔbi	ذِئْبِ ḏiʔbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْبَيْن‎ ḏiʔbayn	الذِّئْبَيْن‎ aḏ-ḏiʔbayn	ذِئْبَيْ‎ ḏiʔbay
Nominative	ذِئْبَانِ‎ ḏiʔbāni	الذِّئْبَانِ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔbāni	ذِئْبَا‎ ḏiʔbā
Accusative	ذِئْبَيْنِ‎ ḏiʔbayni	الذِّئْبَيْنِ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔbayni	ذِئْبَيْ‎ ḏiʔbay
Genitive	ذِئْبَيْنِ‎ ḏiʔbayni	الذِّئْبَيْنِ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔbayni	ذِئْبَيْ‎ ḏiʔbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئَاب‎‎; ذُؤْبَان‎ ḏiʔāb‎; ḏuʔbān	الذِّئَاب‎‎; الذُّؤْبَان‎ aḏ-ḏiʔāb‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbān	ذِئَاب‎‎; ذُؤْبَان‎ ḏiʔāb‎; ḏuʔbān
Nominative	ذِئَابٌ‎‎; ذُؤْبَانٌ‎ ḏiʔābun‎; ḏuʔbānun	الذِّئَابُ‎‎; الذُّؤْبَانُ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔābu‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbānu	ذِئَابُ‎‎; ذُؤْبَانُ‎ ḏiʔābu‎; ḏuʔbānu
Accusative	ذِئَابًا‎‎; ذُؤْبَانًا‎ ḏiʔāban‎; ḏuʔbānan	الذِّئَابَ‎‎; الذُّؤْبَانَ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔāba‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbāna	ذِئَابَ‎‎; ذُؤْبَانَ‎ ḏiʔāba‎; ḏuʔbāna
Genitive	ذِئَابٍ‎‎; ذُؤْبَانٍ‎ ḏiʔābin‎; ḏuʔbānin	الذِّئَابِ‎‎; الذُّؤْبَانِ‎ aḏ-ḏiʔābi‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbāni	ذِئَابِ‎‎; ذُؤْبَانِ‎ ḏiʔābi‎; ḏuʔbāni

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: ديب‎ (dīb)
Gulf Arabic: ذِيب‎ (ḏīb)
Maltese: dib
Moroccan Arabic: ديب‎ (dīb)
→ Malay: zib / ذيب‎
→ Old Spanish: adive
- Spanish: adive
  - → French: adive
  - → English: adive
→ English: dieb

References

Defrémery, Charles (1862) Journal asiatique, issue 1, page 87
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne; Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe‎ (in French), 2^nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
Freytag, Georg (1833), “ذئب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78

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