تَبْوِيب
classification
Dictionary › ب-و-ب › بَاب
Highlights
Plural
أَبْوَاب
Other plural
بِيبَان
Most common words from the same root
بَاب in English
Noun · masculine
- door, gate
وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ[And] enter the gate with humility …609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:58
- opening, gateway
- entrance
- gullet, weasand
وقد تخرج للدابة من حنكها ويسمي التحنيك وصفة العمل في ذلك إذا أحنكت الدابة فأفتح لها من الدرجة الثالثة والرابعة ولا تفتح لها قرب الباب لأن الدم ربما عسر إمساكه فتلف الدابة.One may extract the blood from the jaw of a beast and it is called taḥnīk and the operation consists in that you have bound the beast with a chinstrap and now cut it open to the third or fourth degree but don’t open it close the throat as it may be difficult to contain the blood and the beast will succumb.c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volu
- opportunity, a chance, opening
- military tactic, maneuver, an opening to use a strategy
- chapter, section, column
- group, class, category
- appearance of an astronomical body, a juncture, an opening to observe
- domain, field figurative
Word origin
Usually considered a borrowing from Aramaic בָּבָא (bāḇā, “gate”), from Akkadian 𒆍 (bābum, “gate”), particularly since the Arabs, living in tents, did not need doors. However, Hans Bauer considers all of these words native, explaining the formation as an ancient univerbation of etyma equivalent to Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa) بِ (bi) “he has entered into (the house)”.
Words from the root ب-و-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
بَوَّبَ
· present يُبَوِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to put a door; to divide into chapters or sections; to categorize, classify
مُبَوِّب
مُبَوَّب
بَاب: plural and other forms
| Singular | بَاب |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَبْوَاب |
| Alternative plurals | بِيبَان |
بَاب in a sentence
Dictionary examples
door
وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ[And] enter the gate with humility …609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:58
gullet
وقد تخرج للدابة من حنكها ويسمي التحنيك وصفة العمل في ذلك إذا أحنكت الدابة فأفتح لها من الدرجة الثالثة والرابعة ولا تفتح لها قرب الباب لأن الدم ربما عسر إمساكه فتلف الدابة.One may extract the blood from the jaw of a beast and it is called taḥnīk and the operation consists in that you have bound the beast with a chinstrap and now cut it open to the third or fourth degree but don’t open it close the throat as it may be difficult to contain the blood and the beast will succumb.c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volu
From a fully vowelled text
وَوَضَعَ سَجْفَ الْبَابِ لِلْمَسْكَنِ.And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.Exodus 40:28, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَقَاسَ رِوَاقَ الْبَابِ مِنْ دَاخِل قَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً.He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.Ezekiel 40:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ: «ادْعُهَا». فَدَعَاهَا، فَوَقَفَتْ فِي الْبَابِ.And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.2 Kings 4:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
Learn بَاب for good. Add it to your Wazn flashcards, drill its forms, and meet it again in real Arabic.