غبغب

See also: عبعب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ب ب (ḡ-b-b)

Noun

غَبْغَب • (ḡabḡab) m (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

1. alternative form of غَبَب (ḡabab)

Declension

Declension of noun غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab	الْغَبْغَب al-ḡabḡab	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab
Nominative	غَبْغَبٌ ḡabḡabun	الْغَبْغَبُ al-ḡabḡabu	غَبْغَبُ ḡabḡabu
Accusative	غَبْغَبًا ḡabḡaban	الْغَبْغَبَ al-ḡabḡaba	غَبْغَبَ ḡabḡaba
Genitive	غَبْغَبٍ ḡabḡabin	الْغَبْغَبِ al-ḡabḡabi	غَبْغَبِ ḡabḡabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَبَيْن ḡabḡabayn	الْغَبْغَبَيْن al-ḡabḡabayn	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Nominative	غَبْغَبَانِ ḡabḡabāni	الْغَبْغَبَانِ al-ḡabḡabāni	غَبْغَبَا ḡabḡabā
Accusative	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Genitive	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib	الْغَبَاغِب al-ḡabāḡib	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib
Nominative	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu	الْغَبَاغِبُ al-ḡabāḡibu	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu
Accusative	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبَ al-ḡabāḡiba	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba
Genitive	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبِ al-ḡabāḡibi	غَبَاغِبِ ḡabāḡibi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ge'ez ገብገብ (gäbgäb) or Old South Arabian.

Noun

غَبْغَب • (ḡabḡab) m (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

1. place, particularly a small mountain, where victims were sacrificed in paganism, sacrificial stone
   • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, pages 772–773:

Declension

Declension of noun غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab	الْغَبْغَب al-ḡabḡab	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab
Nominative	غَبْغَبٌ ḡabḡabun	الْغَبْغَبُ al-ḡabḡabu	غَبْغَبُ ḡabḡabu
Accusative	غَبْغَبًا ḡabḡaban	الْغَبْغَبَ al-ḡabḡaba	غَبْغَبَ ḡabḡaba
Genitive	غَبْغَبٍ ḡabḡabin	الْغَبْغَبِ al-ḡabḡabi	غَبْغَبِ ḡabḡabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَبَيْن ḡabḡabayn	الْغَبْغَبَيْن al-ḡabḡabayn	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Nominative	غَبْغَبَانِ ḡabḡabāni	الْغَبْغَبَانِ al-ḡabḡabāni	غَبْغَبَا ḡabḡabā
Accusative	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Genitive	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib	الْغَبَاغِب al-ḡabāḡib	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib
Nominative	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu	الْغَبَاغِبُ al-ḡabāḡibu	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu
Accusative	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبَ al-ḡabāḡiba	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba
Genitive	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبِ al-ḡabāḡibi	غَبَاغِبِ ḡabāḡibi

References

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1913) “Anzeigen: Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Hg. von der Generalverwaltung der Kgl. Museen zu Berlin. Bd. IV. Sabaische, griechische, und altabessinische Inschriften. Von Enno Littmann. Mit 6 Tafeln, 1 Karte und 109 Textabbildungen. Berlin 1913. (94 S. Folio.) M. 17.—.”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[2] (in German), volume 67, pages 703–704
• Wellhausen, Julius (1897) Reste arabischen Heidentumes‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 103