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Webster 1913 Edition
Arab
Ar′ab
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[Prob. ultimately fr. Heb.
arabah
a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab
, Heb. arabi
, arbi
, arbim
: cf. F. Arabe
, L. Arabs
, Gr. [GREEK].] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
Street Arab
, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl.
Tylor.
The ragged outcasts and
street Arabs
who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.
Definition 2024
Arab
Arab
English
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.
Adjective
Arab (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
- 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
- The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
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Translations
of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
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Noun
Arab (plural Arabs)
- A Semitic person, whose antecedents were from Arabia
- An inhabitant of Arabia
- A member of an Arabic-speaking community
- A particular breed of horse.
Translations
Semitic person
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horse
Derived terms
Anagrams
Malay
Etymology
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arap/
- Rhymes: -arap, -rap, -ap
Adjective
Arab
- Arab (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations)
Descendants
- bahasa Arab
- kuda Arab
- negeri Arab
- orang Arab
- Tanah Arab
arab
arab
Albanian
Noun
arab
- Arab (person)
This Albanian entry was created from the translations listed at Arab. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see arab in the Albanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒrɒb]
- Hyphenation: arab
Adjective
arab (not comparable)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | arab | arabok |
| accusative | arabot | arabokat |
| dative | arabnak | araboknak |
| instrumental | arabbal | arabokkal |
| causal-final | arabért | arabokért |
| translative | arabbá | arabokká |
| terminative | arabig | arabokig |
| essive-formal | arabként | arabokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | arabban | arabokban |
| superessive | arabon | arabokon |
| adessive | arabnál | araboknál |
| illative | arabba | arabokba |
| sublative | arabra | arabokra |
| allative | arabhoz | arabokhoz |
| elative | arabból | arabokból |
| delative | arabról | arabokról |
| ablative | arabtól | araboktól |
Noun
arab (plural arabok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | arab | arabok |
| accusative | arabot | arabokat |
| dative | arabnak | araboknak |
| instrumental | arabbal | arabokkal |
| causal-final | arabért | arabokért |
| translative | arabbá | arabokká |
| terminative | arabig | arabokig |
| essive-formal | arabként | arabokként |
| essive-modal | arabul | — |
| inessive | arabban | arabokban |
| superessive | arabon | arabokon |
| adessive | arabnál | araboknál |
| illative | arabba | arabokba |
| sublative | arabra | arabokra |
| allative | arabhoz | arabokhoz |
| elative | arabból | arabokból |
| delative | arabról | arabokról |
| ablative | arabtól | araboktól |
| Possessive forms of arab | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | arabom | arabjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | arabod | arabjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | arabja | arabjai |
| 1st person plural | arabunk | arabjaink |
| 2nd person plural | arabotok | arabjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | arabjuk | arabjaik |
Derived terms
(Expressions):
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from French arabe. Compare the doublet arap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈrab/
Adjective
arab m, n (feminine singular arabă, masculine plural arabi, feminine and neuter plural arabe)
Declension
declension of arab
Noun
arab m (plural arabi, feminine equivalent arabă or arăboaică)
- Arab (person)
Declension
declension of arab