جبت
Arabic
FWOTD – 31 March 2018
Etymology 1
According to Wahib Atallah (1970), this is the Hijazi pronunciation of قِبْط (qibṭ, “Egyptians”), in reference to the association between Egyptians and magic or trickery, compare the usage of Latin Ægyptiacī and English gypsy, therefore he opts for the meaning “sorcery”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒibt/
Noun
جِبْت • (jibt) m
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
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- أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ سَبِيلًا
- Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture who believe in the magic/falsities and the juggernauts and say about the disbelievers “These are better guided than the believers as for the way”?
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Declension
Declension of noun جِبْت (jibt)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | جِبْت jibt |
الْجِبْت al-jibt |
جِبْت jibt |
Nominative | جِبْتٌ jibtun |
الْجِبْتُ al-jibtu |
جِبْتُ jibtu |
Accusative | جِبْتًا jibtan |
الْجِبْتَ al-jibta |
جِبْتَ jibta |
Genitive | جِبْتٍ jibtin |
الْجِبْتِ al-jibti |
جِبْتِ jibti |
References
- Atallah, Wahib (1970), “Ğibt et tāğūt dans le Coran”, in Arabica, volume 17, DOI:, pages 69-82
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 99–100
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