جعبة

See also: جعبه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ع ب (j-ʿ-b), meaning “to overturn”, “to pour out or empty”; from the pouring out of ammunition.

Noun

جَعْبَة or جُعْبَة (jaʿba or juʿba) f (plural جِعَاب (jiʿāb))

  1. quiver (for arrows)
  2. (firearms) holster
  3. bandolier
  4. pipe, tube
  5. (figuratively) repertoire, toolbox, arsenal, portfolio, disposal

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830), جعبة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 281
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