ضربة

Arabic

Etymology

Instance noun from ضَرَبَ‎ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”), from the root ض ر ب‎ (ḍ-r-b).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dˤar.ba/
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Noun

ضَرْبَة • (ḍarba) f (plural ضَرَبَات‎ (ḍarabāt))

a blow, a stroke, a hit
a shot, a report of a gun
a punishment, a torment

Declension

Declension of noun ضَرْبَة (ḍarba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرْبَة ḍarba	الضَّرْبَة‎ aḍ-ḍarba	ضَرْبَة ḍarbat
Nominative	ضَرْبَةٌ ḍarbatun	الضَّرْبَةُ‎ aḍ-ḍarbatu	ضَرْبَةُ ḍarbatu
Accusative	ضَرْبَةً ḍarbatan	الضَّرْبَةَ‎ aḍ-ḍarbata	ضَرْبَةَ ḍarbata
Genitive	ضَرْبَةٍ ḍarbatin	الضَّرْبَةِ‎ aḍ-ḍarbati	ضَرْبَةِ ḍarbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرْبَتَيْن‎ ḍarbatayn	الضَّرْبَتَيْن‎ aḍ-ḍarbatayn	ضَرْبَتَيْ‎ ḍarbatay
Nominative	ضَرْبَتَانِ‎ ḍarbatāni	الضَّرْبَتَانِ‎ aḍ-ḍarbatāni	ضَرْبَتَا‎ ḍarbatā
Accusative	ضَرْبَتَيْنِ‎ ḍarbatayni	الضَّرْبَتَيْنِ‎ aḍ-ḍarbatayni	ضَرْبَتَيْ‎ ḍarbatay
Genitive	ضَرْبَتَيْنِ‎ ḍarbatayni	الضَّرْبَتَيْنِ‎ aḍ-ḍarbatayni	ضَرْبَتَيْ‎ ḍarbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَبَات‎ ḍarabāt	الضَّرَبَات‎ aḍ-ḍarabāt	ضَرَبَات‎ ḍarabāt
Nominative	ضَرَبَاتٌ‎ ḍarabātun	الضَّرَبَاتُ‎ aḍ-ḍarabātu	ضَرَبَاتُ‎ ḍarabātu
Accusative	ضَرَبَاتٍ‎ ḍarabātin	الضَّرَبَاتِ‎ aḍ-ḍarabāti	ضَرَبَاتِ‎ ḍarabāti
Genitive	ضَرَبَاتٍ‎ ḍarabātin	الضَّرَبَاتِ‎ aḍ-ḍarabāti	ضَرَبَاتِ‎ ḍarabāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: zərbə / ضربه‎
Maltese: darba
→ Persian: ضربه‎
→ Swahili: dhoruba
→ Turkish: darbe

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ضربة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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