(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?) FromProto-Semitic*ʕakbar-(“mouse”) mingled withعُرْقُوب(ʕurqūb,“hamstring,Achilles tendon”) from*ʿarqūb-(“hamstring,Achilles tendon”) in specialization to the fauna of the Arabian desert where the jerboa is marked by its jumping muscles. CompareClassical Syriacܥܽܘܩܒܪܳܐ(ʾuqbarā,“mouse”),Hebrewעַכְבָּר(ʾaḵbār,“mouse”).
يَرْبُوع• (yarbūʕ) m (pluralيَرَابِيع(yarābīʕ))
| singular | basic singulartriptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | يَرْبُوع yarbūʕ | الْيَرْبُوع al-yarbūʕ | يَرْبُوع yarbūʕ |
| nominative | يَرْبُوعٌ yarbūʕun | الْيَرْبُوعُ al-yarbūʕu | يَرْبُوعُ yarbūʕu |
| accusative | يَرْبُوعًا yarbūʕan | الْيَرْبُوعَ al-yarbūʕa | يَرْبُوعَ yarbūʕa |
| genitive | يَرْبُوعٍ yarbūʕin | الْيَرْبُوعِ al-yarbūʕi | يَرْبُوعِ yarbūʕi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | يَرْبُوعَيْن yarbūʕayn | الْيَرْبُوعَيْن al-yarbūʕayn | يَرْبُوعَيْ yarbūʕay |
| nominative | يَرْبُوعَانِ yarbūʕāni | الْيَرْبُوعَانِ al-yarbūʕāni | يَرْبُوعَا yarbūʕā |
| accusative | يَرْبُوعَيْنِ yarbūʕayni | الْيَرْبُوعَيْنِ al-yarbūʕayni | يَرْبُوعَيْ yarbūʕay |
| genitive | يَرْبُوعَيْنِ yarbūʕayni | الْيَرْبُوعَيْنِ al-yarbūʕayni | يَرْبُوعَيْ yarbūʕay |
| plural | basicbroken pluraldiptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | يَرَابِيع yarābīʕ | الْيَرَابِيع al-yarābīʕ | يَرَابِيع yarābīʕ |
| nominative | يَرَابِيعُ yarābīʕu | الْيَرَابِيعُ al-yarābīʕu | يَرَابِيعُ yarābīʕu |
| accusative | يَرَابِيعَ yarābīʕa | الْيَرَابِيعَ al-yarābīʕa | يَرَابِيعَ yarābīʕa |
| genitive | يَرَابِيعَ yarābīʕa | الْيَرَابِيعِ al-yarābīʕi | يَرَابِيعِ yarābīʕi |
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