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See also: arabs, àrabs, and arābs

English

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Pronunciation

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  • enPR: ârʹəbz, āʹrăbz, IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.əbz/, /ˈeɪ.ɹæbz/

Usage notes

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The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.

Noun

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Arabs

  1. plural of Arab

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, Arab), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Arabs m or f (genitive Arabis); third declension

  1. an inhabitant of Arabia, an Arab

Declension

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Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Adjective

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Arabs (genitive Arabis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. Arabian
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Further reading

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  • Arabs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Arabs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arabs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.