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تابوت
تابوت
Arabic
Alternative forms
- تَابُوه (tābūh) (extinct Anṣār dialect)
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ṯb (“chest, box”) ; compare Demotic tby.t (“sarcophagus, shrine, chest”) db.t and tb.t (“chest”) and Coptic ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ (tajbǝ, “chest, coffin”).
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
- ʾáni 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.
- أَنِ اقْذِفِيهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِفِيهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ
- 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?
- مَاذَا وَرَاء حِكَايَة اِكْتِشَاف تَابُوت اَلْمَسِيح فِي الْقُدْس؟
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 ****”)
Descendants
- Maltese: tebut
- > Azeri: tabut / تابوت
- > Amharic: ታቦት (tabot)
- Bashkir: табут (tabut)
- > Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: تابوت (tabût)
- Northern Kurdish: tabût
- > Armenian:
- Middle Armenian: թաբուտ (tʿabut), թապութ (tʿaputʿ), թաւութ (tʿawutʿ)
- Old Armenian: թափուտ (tʿapʿut)
- > Persian: تابوت (tâbut)
- > Sicilian: tabbutu
- > Neapolitan: tauto
References
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 153
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թափուտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 166b
- Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate. p. 321
Etymology
تَابُوت (tābūt) from تَاوْبُوت (tāwbūt) (extinct Quraysh dialect), from تَوَبُوت (tawabūt) or تَاوْبُوَّة (tāwbuwwa).
From Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ (tēḇūṯā). Cognate with Hebrew תיבה (tevá).
Ultimately from Egyptian
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ḏb3.t (“sarcophagus, coffin”) or
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taːˈbuːt/