تراب

See also: برات and تراث

Arabic

Root
ت ر ب (t-r-b)

Alternative forms

تُرْبَة (turba)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tu.raːb/
- (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /traːb/

Noun

تُرَاب • (turāb) m (plural أَتْرِبَة (ʔatriba) or تِرْبَان (tirbān))

earth, soil, ground, dust (organic material, sand, etc., which covers the land)
(figurative) land, territory, soil
أَرادَت أَن تَرْجِعَ إلَى تُرابِ الوَطَن.
ʔarādat ʔan tarjiʕa ʔilā turābi al-waṭan.
She wanted to return to the homeland’s soil.

Declension

Declension of noun تُرَاب (turāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرَاب turāb	التُّرَاب at-turāb	تُرَاب turāb
Nominative	تُرَابٌ turābun	التُّرَابُ at-turābu	تُرَابُ turābu
Accusative	تُرَابًا turāban	التُّرَابَ at-turāba	تُرَابَ turāba
Genitive	تُرَابٍ turābin	التُّرَابِ at-turābi	تُرَابِ turābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرَابَيْن turābayn	التُّرَابَيْن at-turābayn	تُرَابَيْ turābay
Nominative	تُرَابَانِ turābāni	التُّرَابَانِ at-turābāni	تُرَابَا turābā
Accusative	تُرَابَيْنِ turābayni	التُّرَابَيْنِ at-turābayni	تُرَابَيْ turābay
Genitive	تُرَابَيْنِ turābayni	التُّرَابَيْنِ at-turābayni	تُرَابَيْ turābay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَتْرِبَة‎; تِرْبَان ʔatriba‎; tirbān	الْأَتْرِبَة‎; التِّرْبَان al-ʔatriba‎; at-tirbān	أَتْرِبَة‎; تِرْبَان ʔatribat‎; tirbān
Nominative	أَتْرِبَةٌ‎; تِرْبَانٌ ʔatribatun‎; tirbānun	الْأَتْرِبَةُ‎; التِّرْبَانُ al-ʔatribatu‎; at-tirbānu	أَتْرِبَةُ‎; تِرْبَانُ ʔatribatu‎; tirbānu
Accusative	أَتْرِبَةً‎; تِرْبَانًا ʔatribatan‎; tirbānan	الْأَتْرِبَةَ‎; التِّرْبَانَ al-ʔatribata‎; at-tirbāna	أَتْرِبَةَ‎; تِرْبَانَ ʔatribata‎; tirbāna
Genitive	أَتْرِبَةٍ‎; تِرْبَانٍ ʔatribatin‎; tirbānin	الْأَتْرِبَةِ‎; التِّرْبَانِ al-ʔatribati‎; at-tirbāni	أَتْرِبَةِ‎; تِرْبَانِ ʔatribati‎; tirbāni

Descendants

Maltese: trab

References

Freytag, Georg (1830) “تراب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 188
Lane, Edward William (1863) “تراب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 301
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تراب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 168
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “تراب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 137

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