ضب

Meaning

Noun

spiny-tailed lizard, mastigure (any lizard of the genus Uromastyx)

Verb

to cleave to, to hold to firmly

Verb

to have a gently or scanty flow, to stream, to discharge sluggishly

Verb

to be affected by the disease termed ضَبّ (ḍabb)

Verb

to milk with five fingers

Concepts

lizard

🦎

guard

💂

hold firm

lock

🔒

push up

Uromastyx

press up

bolt

scaled reptile

Synonyms

سحلية

🦎

عظاءة

🦎

برص

حرذون

🦎

Translations

σαύρα

lucertola

🦎

lagarto

🦎

lagarto

lézard

🦎

hagedis

🦎

lacerta

🦎

Eidechse

🦎

lagartixa

lagartija

sargantana

🦎

cernalha

angròla

kertenkele

🦎

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dˤabb/

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb-. Compare Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʿabbā, “spiny-tailed lizard”) and Hebrew צַב (ṣaḇ, “turtle”).