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أُنْبُوب
tube /ʔunˈbuːb/
nounB1#1965 most common
Also: pipe, duct, conduit
Example sentences
هٰذا أُنْبُوب.
This is a tube.
الأُنْبُوب طَوِيل.
The tube is long.
أَخَذَ المَاء مِن الأُنْبُوب.
He took the water from the pipe.
يَمُرّ الغَاز عَبْر أُنْبُوب مَعْدِنِيّ.
The gas passes through a metal tube.
تَسَرَّبَ الزَّيْت مِن أُنْبُوب مَكْسُور تَحْت الطَّرِيق.
The oil leaked from a broken pipe under the road.
يَنْقُل هٰذا الأُنْبُوب النَّفْط عَبْر الحُدُود إِلَى المِيناء البَعِيد.
This pipeline carries the oil across the border to the distant port.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أُنْبُوبٌ | أَنَابِيبُ |
| Genitive | أُنْبُوبٍ | أَنَابِيبَ |
| Accusative | أُنْبُوباً | أَنَابِيبَ |
| Vocative | يَا أُنْبُوبُ | يَا أَنَابِيبُ |
Word family
أَنَابِيبtubes, pipes (plural)
أُنْبُوبِيّtubular
خَطّ أَنَابِيبpipeline
أُنْبُوب اِخْتِبَارtest tube
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic root n-b-b, tied to the idea of a hollow, jointed stem like a reed or cane. The pattern gives a noun for a long hollow object. It broadened to cover any tube or pipe, including modern industrial pipelines.
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