Dubene

Dubene arabice musca.

Apparatus:

Dubene (-bẽe B) ABCD jp | Dhubene f | Dhuben e

Translation:

Dubene is Arabic for Latin musca {"a fly"}.

Commentary:

Cf. Vocabulista, ed. Schiaparelli (1871: 102): ﺫﺑﺎﻧﺔ /ḏubbāna/ Musca [[1]]; ed. Schiaparelli (1871: 485): MUSCA ﺫﺑﺎﻧﺔ /ḏubbāna/, ﺫﺑﺎﻥ /ḏubbān/ [[2]].
Dozy (1877-81: I.483): ﺫﺑﺎﻥ /ḏubbān/, vulg. pour ﺫﺑﺎﺏ /ḏubbāb/ mouche {i.e. "fly"}. According to Dozy ﺫﺑﺎﻥ /ḏubbān/, is a "vulgar" form compared to ﺫﺑﺎﺏ /ḏubbāb/.
Cf. Wehr (1976): ﺩﺑﺎﺑﺔ /ḏubāba/ "fly".

WilfGunther 22:03, 2 September 2014 (BST)

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