ثعلب

See also: تغلب‎

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Akkadian 𒈜 (šēlebu), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎓𐎍𐎁 (ṯʿlb), Aramaic תַּעְלָא‎ (taʿlā) and Hebrew שׁוּעָל‎ (šūʿāl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ثَعْلَب • (ṯaʿlab) m (plural ثَعَالِب‎ (ṯaʿālib), feminine ثَعْلَبَة‎ (ṯaʿlaba))

fox (Vulpes vulpes)
(dialect, rare) jackal (Canis aureus)

Declension

Declension of noun ثَعْلَب (ṯaʿlab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَعْلَب ṯaʿlab	الثَّعْلَب‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlab	ثَعْلَب ṯaʿlab
Nominative	ثَعْلَبٌ ṯaʿlabun	الثَّعْلَبُ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlabu	ثَعْلَبُ ṯaʿlabu
Accusative	ثَعْلَبًا‎ ṯaʿlaban	الثَّعْلَبَ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlaba	ثَعْلَبَ ṯaʿlaba
Genitive	ثَعْلَبٍ ṯaʿlabin	الثَّعْلَبِ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlabi	ثَعْلَبِ ṯaʿlabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَعْلَبَيْن‎ ṯaʿlabayn	الثَّعْلَبَيْن‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlabayn	ثَعْلَبَيْ‎ ṯaʿlabay
Nominative	ثَعْلَبَانِ‎ ṯaʿlabāni	الثَّعْلَبَانِ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlabāni	ثَعْلَبَا‎ ṯaʿlabā
Accusative	ثَعْلَبَيْنِ‎ ṯaʿlabayni	الثَّعْلَبَيْنِ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlabayni	ثَعْلَبَيْ‎ ṯaʿlabay
Genitive	ثَعْلَبَيْنِ‎ ṯaʿlabayni	الثَّعْلَبَيْنِ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿlabayni	ثَعْلَبَيْ‎ ṯaʿlabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَعَالِب‎ ṯaʿālib	الثَّعَالِب‎ aṯ-ṯaʿālib	ثَعَالِب‎ ṯaʿālib
Nominative	ثَعَالِبُ‎ ṯaʿālibu	الثَّعَالِبُ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿālibu	ثَعَالِبُ‎ ṯaʿālibu
Accusative	ثَعَالِبَ‎ ṯaʿāliba	الثَّعَالِبَ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿāliba	ثَعَالِبَ‎ ṯaʿāliba
Genitive	ثَعَالِبَ‎ ṯaʿāliba	الثَّعَالِبِ‎ aṯ-ṯaʿālibi	ثَعَالِبِ‎ ṯaʿālibi

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “ثعلب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 338
The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, šēlebu, University of Pennsylvania, 2004
"Proto-Semitic Root: *t_aʕlab-; Number 2543" in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.

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