أباب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء ب ب (ʔ-b-b). Compare عُبَاب (ʕubāb, “waves or billows of a torrent of water”), عُبَب (ʕubab, “husk tomato, bladder cherry”).

Noun

أُبَاب • (ʔubāb) m

1. billow, wave, great bulk of water

Declension

Declension of noun أُبَاب (ʔubāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُبَاب ʔubāb	الْأُبَاب al-ʔubāb	أُبَاب ʔubāb
Nominative	أُبَابٌ ʔubābun	الْأُبَابُ al-ʔubābu	أُبَابُ ʔubābu
Accusative	أُبَابًا ʔubāban	الْأُبَابَ al-ʔubāba	أُبَابَ ʔubāba
Genitive	أُبَابٍ ʔubābin	الْأُبَابِ al-ʔubābi	أُبَابِ ʔubābi

Descendants

• →? Ge'ez: አበቢ (ʾäbäbi)

Noun

أَبَاب • (ʔabāb) m

1. luggage

Declension

Declension of noun أَبَاب (ʔabāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَاب ʔabāb	الْأَبَاب al-ʔabāb	أَبَاب ʔabāb
Nominative	أَبَابٌ ʔabābun	الْأَبَابُ al-ʔabābu	أَبَابُ ʔabābu
Accusative	أَبَابًا ʔabāban	الْأَبَابَ al-ʔabāba	أَبَابَ ʔabāba
Genitive	أَبَابٍ ʔabābin	الْأَبَابِ al-ʔabābi	أَبَابِ ʔabābi

Derived terms

• أبابة

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أباب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen