تابوت
Arabic
FWOTD – 18 November 2013
Alternative forms
- تَابُوه (tābūh) (extinct Anṣār dialect)
Etymology
تَاوْبُوت (tāwbūt) (extinct Quraysh dialect), from تَوَبُوت (tawabūt) or تَاوْبُوَّة (tāwbuwwa).
From Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ (tēḇūṯā) or Ge'ez ታቦት (tabot). Cognate with Hebrew תיבה (tevá).
Ultimately from Egyptian
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ḏbꜣt (“sarcophagus, coffin”) or
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ṯb (“chest, box”); compare Demotic tbyt (“sarcophagus, shrine, chest”), dbt, and tbt (“chest”) and Coptic ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ (taibe, “chest, coffin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taː.buːt/
Noun
تَابُوت • (tābūt) m (plural تَوَابِيت (tawābīt))
- box, case, chest, coffer, ark
- Qur'an 20:39 (Sahih International):
- أَنِ اقْذِفِيهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِفِيهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ
- áni iqḏifīhi fil-tābūti fa-qḏifīhi fī l-yámmi fal-yulqihi l-yámmu bil-sāḥili
- Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank.
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- Qur'an 20:39 (Sahih International):
- coffin, casket, sarcophagus
- مَاذَا وَرَاء حِكَايَة اِكْتِشَاف تَابُوت اَلْمَسِيح فِي الْقُدْس؟
- māḏā warāʾ ḥikāyat iktišāf tābūt al-masīḥ fī l-quds?
- What's behind the story of the discovery of the coffin of Christ in Jerusalem?
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Declension
Declension of noun تَابُوت (tābūt)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | تَابُوت tābūt |
التَّابُوت at-tābūt |
تَابُوت tābūt |
| Nominative | تَابُوتٌ tābūtun |
التَّابُوتُ at-tābūtu |
تَابُوتُ tābūtu |
| Accusative | تَابُوتًا tābūtan |
التَّابُوتَ at-tābūta |
تَابُوتَ tābūta |
| Genitive | تَابُوتٍ tābūtin |
التَّابُوتِ at-tābūti |
تَابُوتِ tābūti |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | تَابُوتَيْن tābūtayn |
التَّابُوتَيْن at-tābūtayn |
تَابُوتَيْ tābūtay |
| Nominative | تَابُوتَانِ tābūtāni |
التَّابُوتَانِ at-tābūtāni |
تَابُوتَا tābūtā |
| Accusative | تَابُوتَيْنِ tābūtayni |
التَّابُوتَيْنِ at-tābūtayni |
تَابُوتَيْ tābūtay |
| Genitive | تَابُوتَيْنِ tābūtayni |
التَّابُوتَيْنِ at-tābūtayni |
تَابُوتَيْ tābūtay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | تَوَابِيت tawābīt |
التَّوَابِيت at-tawābīt |
تَوَابِيت tawābīt |
| Nominative | تَوَابِيتُ tawābītu |
التَّوَابِيتُ at-tawābītu |
تَوَابِيتُ tawābītu |
| Accusative | تَوَابِيتَ tawābīta |
التَّوَابِيتَ at-tawābīta |
تَوَابِيتَ tawābīta |
| Genitive | تَوَابِيتَ tawābīta |
التَّوَابِيتِ at-tawābīti |
تَوَابِيتِ tawābīti |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- تَابُوت اَلْعَهْد (tābūt al-ʿahd, “Ark of the Covenant”)
- تَابُوت رَفْع اَلْمِيَاه (tābūt rafʿ al-miyāh, “Archimedean screw”)
Descendants
- Maltese: tebut
- → Azerbaijani: tabut / تابوت
- → Bashkir: табут (tabut)
- → Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: تابوت (tabût)
- Northern Kurdish: tabût
- → Old Armenian: թափուտ (tʿapʿut)
- → Middle Armenian: թաբուտ (tʿabut), թապութ (tʿaputʿ), թաւութ (tʿawutʿ)
- → Persian: تابوت (tâbut)
- → Sicilian: tabbutu
- → Neapolitan: tauto
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թափուտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 166b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 153
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 88–89
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “تابوت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 321
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 570
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 49
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “تابوت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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