ابو شبت

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Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Arabic word شَبَث (šabaṯ, “spider”) + أَبُو (ʔabū, “father of" or "possessor of”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ابو شبت • (ʾabu šabat) m (no plural)

  1. spider

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “ابو شبت”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
  • Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban
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