عب
العربية
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عب¹
verb عَبَّ · ʕabba · يَعُبُّ · عَبّ · عَابّ
- to gulp, to chug down وهي الساعة التي يكون فيها مزاجه رائقاً بعد أن يكون قد عبّ ثلاثة أقداح من الويسكي.
عب²
Where it comes from
Considered a vulgar word; probably from Aramaic עוּבָּא / עֻבָּא / ܥܘܒܐ (ʿubbā), broader of meaning: “bosom, lap; any enclosed space; calyx …”. Doublet of غُبّ (ḡubb, “depressed terrain; bosom of the sea”). جَيْب (jayb, “pocket”) is similarly suspect of being an Aramaic borrowing.
noun عُبّ · عِبّ · ʕubb · ʕibb
- breast pocket, a pocket in a shirt higher than a جَيْب (jayb)
عب³
Where it comes from
Cognate with Akkadian 𒅁𒁍 (ebbu) "to be bright, shiny; to be pure, clean".
noun عَب · عَبّ · ʕab · ʕabb
- light
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title = {عب},
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