أبو ظبي
See also: أبوظبي
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أَبُوظَبْي (ʾabūẓaby)
Etymology
Literally "father of a gazelle", formed of أَبُو (ʾabū, “father of”) + ظَبْي (ẓaby, “gazelle”).
Proper noun
أَبُو ظَبِي • (ʾabū ẓabī) f
- Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi, the largest of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates
Usage notes
Technically, one would expect أَبُو ظَبِي (ʾabū ẓabī) to inflect as an idafa construction (with genitive أَبِي ظَبِي (ʾabī ẓabī) and accusative أَبَا ظَبِي (ʾabā ẓabī)), but in practice, these forms are not used, and أَبُو ظَبِي (ʾabū ẓabī) is treated as a single lexical unit.
Declension
Declension of noun أَبُو ظَبِي (ʾabū ẓabī)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | أَبُو ظَبِي ʾabū ẓabī |
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| Nominative | — | أَبُو ظَبِي ʾabū ẓabī |
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| Accusative | — | أَبُو ظَبِي ʾabū ẓabī |
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| Genitive | — | أَبُو ظَبِي ʾabū ẓabī |
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