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داب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to habit, custom, and continuous action. It also encompasses terms for a specific place and a state of being.

Derived headwords

دابَverb
  1. 1.
    to be accustomedboth

    To habitually do something; to follow a custom or practice.

  2. 2.
    to continueclassical

    To persist in an action or state.

دَأْبnoun
  1. 1.
    habitboth

    A regular tendency or practice; a custom.

  2. 2.
    diligenceclassical

    Persistent effort or continuous action.

دُوبانname
  1. 1.
    Dūbānclassical

    A place in the Levant, near the city of Tyre.

Parallel reading

كدأب
Like a habit.
دوبان، بالضم: ة بالشام قرب صور
Dūbān, with the dammah on the dāl: a town in the Levant near Tyre.