أدب

From the root ء د ب‎ (ʔ-d-b), from Persian دب‎ (dab), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.dab/

أَدَب • (ʔadab) m (plural آدَاب‎ (ʔādāb))

1. discipline
2. courtesy
3. civility
4. literature, belles-lettres
   • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :

     أَنَا الَّذِي نَظَرَ الْأَعْمَى إِلَى أَدَبِي / وَأَسْمَعَتْ كَلِمَاتِي مَنْ بِهِ صَمَمُ

     ʔanā allaḏī naẓara l-ʔaʕmā ʔilā ʔadabī / waʔasmaʕat kalimātī man bihi ṣamamu

     I am the one whose literature can be seen (even) by the blind / And whose words are heard (even) by the deaf.

5. politeness
6. decency
7. culture

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• IPA^(key): /ʔad.da.ba/

أَدَّبَ • (ʔaddaba) II, non-past يُؤَدِّبُ‎‎ (yuʔaddibu)

1. to educate
2. to correct, discipline, chastise

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أَدِبُّ • (ʔadibbu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of دَبَّ‎ (dabba)

أَدِبَّ • (ʔadibba) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of دَبَّ‎ (dabba)
2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of دَبَّ‎ (dabba)

أَدِبِّ • (ʔadibbi) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of دَبَّ‎ (dabba)