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ضَباب
fog /dˤaˈbaːb/
nounB2#3742 most common
Also: mist, haze
Example sentences
هُناكَ ضَبابٌ اليَومَ.
There is fog today.
لا أَسْتَطيعُ الرُّؤْيَةَ بِسَبَبِ الضَّبابِ.
I can't see because of the fog.
غَطَّى الضَّبابُ الْمَدينَةَ صَباحاً.
Fog covered the city in the morning.
تَأَخَّرَتِ الرِّحْلاتُ الجَوِّيَّةُ بِسَبَبِ الضَّبابِ الكَثيفِ.
Flights were delayed because of the dense fog.
انْقَشَعَ الضَّبابُ تَدْريجِيّاً مَعَ شُروقِ الشَّمْسِ.
The fog gradually cleared as the sun rose.
بَدا المُسْتَقْبَلُ السِّياسِيُّ لِلْبِلادِ مَحْجوباً وَراءَ ضَبابٍ كَثيفٍ مِنَ الغُموضِ.
The country's political future seemed hidden behind a thick fog of ambiguity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَبابٌ | ضَبَاباتٌ |
| Genitive | ضَبابٍ | ضَبَاباتٍ |
| Accusative | ضَباباً | ضَبَاباتٍ |
| Vocative | ضَبابُ | ضَباباتُ |
Word family
ضَبابِيّfoggy, hazy; also figuratively vague or unclear
ضَبابِيَّةhaziness, vagueness, ambiguity (often used of a situation or policy)
أَضَبَّto become foggy (of weather)
مُضِبّfoggy, overcast (describing weather)
Etymology
Arabic ضَباب comes from the triliteral Semitic root ض-ب-ب, which carries the sense of covering or concealing something from view. The noun pattern here marks a substance, so ضباب names the thing that hides the world, the fog itself, rather than an action. This is a native Semitic formation, not a borrowing.
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