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ذِئْب
wolf /ˈðiʔb/
nounB1#1830 most common
Also: a cunning or predatory person
Example sentences
الذِّئْبُ حَيَوانٌ.
The wolf is an animal.
رَأَيْتُ ذِئْبًا في الغابةِ.
I saw a wolf in the forest.
يَخافُ الرُّعاةُ مِنَ الذِّئْبِ في اللَّيلِ.
The shepherds fear the wolf at night.
هاجَمَ الذِّئْبُ قَطيعَ الأغنامِ وقَتَلَ اثْنَتَينِ.
The wolf attacked the flock of sheep and killed two of them.
يَعيشُ الذِّئْبُ في جَماعاتٍ ويَصْطادُ فَريستَهُ بذَكاءٍ وتَعاوُنٍ.
The wolf lives in packs and hunts its prey with intelligence and cooperation.
لا تَثِقْ بذلك الرَّجُلِ، فهو ذِئْبٌ في ثِيابِ حَمَلٍ يُخْفي نَواياهُ الحَقيقيَّةَ.
Do not trust that man, for he is a wolf in sheep's clothing who hides his true intentions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ذِئْبٌ | ذِئَابٌ |
| Genitive | ذِئْبٍ | ذِئَابٍ |
| Accusative | ذِئْبًا | ذِئَابًا |
| Vocative | يا ذِئْبُ | يا ذِئَابُ |
Word family
ذِئْبَةshe-wolf
ذِئَابwolves
تَذَؤُّبacting with wolf-like cunning
ذُؤْبانwolves; outlaws, brigands
Etymology
The word comes from a common Semitic root for wolf. It appears across the family with similar sound and meaning. Arabic kept the initial voiced consonant and the hamza in the middle of the stem.
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